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isn't the point of studying math to be around other people who study math

mathematics is basis for various innovatiovations that today are basis of medicine, military and logistics operations. Your views are grossly wrong here

Dear Amina, I upvote because you are beautiful...

This helped me a lot, thank you!

I fail at a new thing every year.

You failed because the failure was success in the eye of the universe at least this is what I imagined

Having passion for your research is paramount.

I'm so glad that I came across this video this morning. I have been seriously thinking about getting a PhD or DrPH. I'm 51 and excited about all of the possibilities.

Dear Amina, I just came across your video. I am a very determined person with big goals. I have always lived for my goals. I chose to become a musician even though my parents did not want me to. After graduating from uni with very good marks, I have been confused about my goals for the last couple of years and have started questioning them. However, becoming a musician is in my mind 99% of when I think about my future. I just want to let you know that during these years, I have been taking care of my parents and under lots of pressure to finish my studies with good results as I have always wanted to do my master's getting a scholarship from overseas. Why do you think I'm feeling that way? Your advice would be much appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you. Kindly, Nima

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I started by PhD at 42 and it was a fantastic experience. Didn't do as much research as I could have. But overall, I absolutely loved it. My wife is thinking about starting hers at age 50.

She looks like a mathematician

Very interesting video and I like your ideas. People try to reduce every decision or conclusion into a binary choice but life is "analog" not digital or binary.

Hi Dr. Amina. You haven't posted for a while your Wednesday wisdoms. I hope you are doing well! 💮🌻

graph theory.

You did a video on burn out what about a Video on Post Burn Out and Coaching / Healing / letting go. I think there is a pandemic of burn out in UK just a suggestion What do you think?

But if you did get a PhD, you could have gotten a job with the world's best teams, working with many amazing people. I feel math is very social, but not until you become super elite. So, it's a weird domain. You have to reach a professional athlete level of success. It's not for everyone, for sure.

You have to find your "Knack". Maybe a STEM degree is the right path, maybe learning a trade. Experiment. Do. Be open-minded. Write down all of the things you'd like to try and sort them by "Job" and "Hobby". Do several iterations. It's the advice I gave to my kids & they are doing well building lives for themselves. After clawing my way through High School Chemistry in my Junior Year, I gave Physics a shot since it was the last science course offered; if that fell apart "Scientist" would get scratched off my list. During my Senior Year, Mr. "N" helped me *rediscover* Physics: I was all into gizmos and contraptions when I was a little kid. It was revolutionary to discover that a thing called a "Physics Major" existed! Out of all of the other possibilities I was considering, he collapsed my wave function and vectored me into Physics. That was a while ago: "Against the Wind" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band was a hit. We both have held-up pretty well!

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Since 7th grade, I wanted to be a "biological synthesist". I just knew I wanted to do some amazing bionanotechnology, a word that I did not know at the time (1977) and that may not have existed at that time either. Fast forward to between my 3rd and 4th years in college, finishing my BChE (chemical engineering degree with a minor in Russian), and I knew I had to pursue a math PhD in order to learn what other mathematicians knew in order to solve all the differential equations in chemical engineering in order to solve these problems in bionanotechnology. I finally earned a Masters (1991) and PhD (2000) in math. I am 60 and these are STILL my goals. So, I never decided to "be a mathematician" when I was younger, and I never intended to teach math. I pursued this line of work out of physical scientific necessity. The math has to be solved.

at 6:29 is he saying it's good when people pursue a PhD to unlock more funding and progress in their career path, or is that a BAD reason to pursue the phd? I'm confused. Because the question is "What are good reasons for pursuing a PhD?" and he answers with 1. genuine curioisity, 2. people who want to unlock higher paths in their careers -- but then says there are other ways of doing that ? I'm confused

I have sometimes decided to back off of my intense ongoing efforts to make the next great meme, essay or video. I'll just drop back and be a reader of others' online observations, instead of rush every observation of my own onto the internet. This may not be the same as a job situation, but I have placed great value on success writing and having my creations read. I need to re-discover the simple pleasure of reading and receiving wisdom.

Goede cijfers halen op wiskunde maken je geen wiskundige of natuurlundige. En dat is absoluut niet falen hoor. Ken een aantal wiskundigen en natuurkundigen en die vertellen stuk voor stuk dat zij nooit een studie als 'rechtsgeleerdheid' kunnen volbrengen. Ieder mens heeft wel ergens een aanleg voor en daarbij komt nog heel veel kijken om zo aanleg te laten ontplooien, sowieso (veel) geld om een universitaire opleiding te bekostigen, sowieso een stabiele thuissituatie zodat je je volop kan concentreren, want wetenschap komt niet met slapen aanzetten, en nog veel meer factoren. Pas als je in die gelukkige situatie zit dat je je talent ten volste kan ontplooien maak je een kans in de slangenkuil die 'wetenschap' wordt genoemd.

Great ideas as always! I am struggling with perseverance. I am reading Deep Work to learn how to embrace boredom, sit with my ideas, and resist the urge to check my phone or email... Restoring my focus and perseverance is my main focus this year.

So woman?

Thanks :)

Very insightful! Thank you for sharing! I feel that suppressing the waves will make me self-conscious of my behavior and more anxious. I feel that my willpower declines throughout the day as I try to suppress the waves, and oftentimes give up fighting them. What's your advice on overcoming the internal turbulences?

Not sure why one makes a video about a career they didn’t enter. It usually has something to do with a combination of lack of interest and lack of ability in that field.

First like, first comment. 😛

So math was too hard for you?

You’re pretty.

My college abstract algebra book contained a handful of biographies about mathematicians throughout history. The biographies went something like, "this person who made major contributions to (some math area) also suffered from (some disease, disability, depression, mental illness, traumatic experience, etc)." I was thinking wow this career and area of study doesn't sound to promising.

I love maths but im a bit thick. Oh, well.

I failed to become a mathematician because I'm stupid. Hope that helps.

The main reason I stopped doing mathematics is simply that it started to feel like a bunch of puzzles after a while without any broader significance.

How are you Doing now

How are you doing Amina darling

How are you Amina

I'm a court married

Hey Amina

Thanks for this video. I am working on finishing up a chemistry degree I left, one more class to finish. After that, I am either starting a small business or an academic 180, and going to a theological seminary.

Love of logic and people is an oxymoron.

Each person has to figure out what their particular accent to the human motivation array is in order to build a behavior-space that satisfies it to the greatest extent for happiness.

You are completely right.

Not Math is racist 😉😉😉😉 5/4 are bad at Math

You are a women 😉

That settles it… I don’t love people, so maths it is! 🤓

WHAT FOR? I am unemployed 5 years after PhD in LAW - I am the author of 8 books, more than 1200 citations, 4 degrees, fluent in 4 languages, a lot of connections and I am unemployed person!

I failed to become a mathematician because I always thought maths just about numbers and variables to play around floating on a textbook. Once I first attended university it got harder and challenging into my third year, endlessly staring one problem at the time. I never enjoyed it, as a skill it challenges your capable thinking and problem-solving skills. In the end I kept grinding self-taught through problems through khan academy or additional readings to keep with the curriculum, ended up finishing my stats degree doing less pure mathematics such as complex analysis reminded me why I hated real analysis and mathematics overall. Just an iterative process of gathering more logic and information. Hoping to add some value later in life (in analytics, data science, commerce, finance etc..,). P.S. I am finishing my Masters degree hoping to land a role that does involve mathematics (many jobs only use partially/portion of it).