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<p>You’re putting words in his mouth. He never said anything about intelligence. If you want to be a math major, make sure you don’t make too many broad assumptions.</p>
<p>a previous fields medal winner was an ENGLISH major</p>
<p>there is no nobel prize in mathematics, fields medal is the highest honor</p>
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<p>Fields is good, but the Abel prize may also be thought of as an equivalent to the Nodel.</p>
<p>pmvd its pretty difficult to gauge someones intelligence by an IQ score too - especially since psychologists can’t even decide on what intelligence is. And some one can increase their score 50pts by just looking at some logic puzzles beforehand.</p>
<p>thanks Myrmidon73, though I am a female and didn’t realize when I made my name everyone would assume I was male. Oh well.</p>
<p>I wince because I don’t like English; Just as many people who love English hate Math.
I’m not saying one is “more intelligent” than the other. They’re like Men and Women - neither should be “better,” they’re just different.</p>
<p>Why are people on CC so touchy?</p>
<p>Math is the most hated out of all the subjects. Maybe that has something to do with it.</p>
<p>And I pity people who hate those who are good at math; just because they can’t effortlessly do math it doesn’t mean that they are superior to those who can. I’m “good” at math and have never made it a point of pride. It’d rather be good at something that can help me pay the bills and put bread on the table.</p>
<p>People hate math because it’s difficult. I like math majors because they are good problem solvers and smarter than average students. Typical math majors are bit nerdy and not as much of people person.</p>
<p>I double majored in math and econ. Econ was very easy compared to math. I was an actuary, Fixed Income research analyst, abs/mbs structurer, and now head of IT. I never used math beyond calculus at work. </p>
<p>As a math major, it has put a lot of bread on the table for my family.</p>
<p>My daughter is also a math major at Cornell. Most guys would look twice when she walks by, if I may say so.</p>
<p>pmvd, stop being such a ■■■■■. You wish you were good at something you could use to put bread on the table? There are numerous posts here stating ways you can make money using a math major. Your argument has been dismantled over and over again. </p>
<p>How is being an actuary not a viable option?</p>
<p>oldfort, I am intrigued by your post because it’s not the first time I hear a former actuary say that the math they used when they were actuaries was minimal.</p>
<p>Can you please tell me more about what it’s like to work as an actuary?</p>
<p>Cubicle? 9-5 job? Presentations? Social interaction? Not a lot of math? Just looking at statistical tables all day long? Creating charts and graphs? Explaining them to higher ups?</p>
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<p>“I’m “good” at math and have never made it a point of pride. It’d rather be good at something that can help me pay the bills and put bread on the table.”</p>
<p>Sounds like you ought to be a professional gambler.</p>
<p>I am not smart enough to be a professional gambler. Those guys make quicky mathematical calculations and juggle lots of numbers in their heads all at once.</p>
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<p>Maybe if you are card counting in a casino. You could also make stastical models to gamble on sports teams online. You’d have plenty of time inbetween games to make predictions (several days). You could also play poker online, there is a huge amount of statistical software that tracks each players hands and how they played. Keeps statistics on everything, and you don’t even have to enter anything in. It interfaces with the website, no effort needed at all. All you need to do is make sense of the data and play accordingly.</p>