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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.

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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!

Translation: Girls think math is “Icky.”

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).

Thanks for sharing... the answer will come when we are not looking and not from information overload

His oversaturated background is so irritating. It's like she is talking to god.

Thank you for expounding this. It has helped me see myself more clearly. I failed to become a mathematician or a physicist mainly because I only really enjoyed those parts of physics and mathematics that could be mastered by intuition. As it turned out, only a few parts of the early curriculum in college could be done that way. I did not have the determination to get into the parts that were not intuitive, that required study, memorization and drill. I did, however, become a computer hardware and software developer. All of that could be done by intuition in my frame of reference.

I thought your segments are bad, honestly.

Thanks, great video

If you're doing it too late, then it is a hobby.

Science is all about interacting with people.

I never get caught up with black and white thinking. I’m too stupid for that nonsense

I failed be a mathematician as the thought of doing a PhD was too daunting and I wanted to make lots of $$$. I did stick out a mathematics degree at a top university and then did MSc financial mathematics and made first $10 million before 35.

Being a gormless git when I was young, I did not enjoy my undergraduate studies. I graduated from Marquette in the mid-90s with a C+ average and swore that was it for me. Since then I kept having this recurring dream every now and then where I had to face my final exam the next day realizing I hadn't studied all semester - the feeling of utter helplessness always woke me up panicking in bed. But as fate would have it, I ended up marrying a PhD graduate in my 40s which finally gave me the courage to face my demons by attending graduate school armed with over 20 years of industry experience. It was hard work doing my master's part-time while working full-time, but surprisingly I loved that entire journey from enrollment to publishing my research. Comparing it to my undergraduate journey, I was more mature, more emotionally stable, more financially capable, I was able to compartmentalize my life, work and study and due to my long career I was able to relate to all the materials and findings in the literature. That recurring dream never came back. I love my job as dept director but the pursuit of knowledge that benefitted from my work experience and contributed to the way I work in the office was incredibly rewarding, fulfilling and thrilling all at the same time. So in late 2022 I decided to pursue my doctorate degree.... and I'm still enjoying it now at age 50!

Great Interview! I'm pursuing my second masters (in Computational Social Science) alongside my career of 12 years as a Software Engineer. I'm mulling going "all in" for the PhD and perhaps setting up a small consultancy service just to make sure I don't lose touch with the industry alongside. I really liked the idea of being an "active contributor" as opposed to just a consumer.

Если из А следует Б и Б приятно, то А верно. Лев Ландау о женской логике.

I'm new to your channel, and this was most interesting. Production and use not based on exploitation. Sounds like a "give what you can, take what you need" concept. That hasn't always worked out well when it is used within the greater extractive capitalism, because the wider system of a society still imposes abject inequality on participants. As a personal value system, that has promise, though it could become just a platitude that capitalism coopts and turns into a watchword, like "sustainably sourced." and so forth.

at 1:17, was another CZcamsr going in the other direction?

Well this didn't explain anything.

fake PhD BULL and failed mathematician due to low IQ..

Or perhaps MATHEMATICS was too difficult for you "DOCTOR" AMINA AITSI-SELMI!.

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