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A short mega today, since I just noticed one has not yet been posted.
Paul Erdos was an extraordinarily prolific mathematician, who produced contributions to mathematics that continue to astound today in terms of both quantity and quality.
I read this in his wikipedia bio, and thought it was interesting:
Possessions meant little to Erdős; most of his belongings would fit in a suitcase, as dictated by his itinerant lifestyle. Awards and other earnings were generally donated to people in need and various worthy causes. He spent most of his life traveling between scientific conferences, universities and the homes of colleagues all over the world. He earned enough in stipends from universities as a guest lecturer, and from various mathematical awards, to fund his travels and basic needs; money left over he used to fund cash prizes for proofs of "Erdős problems". He would typically show up at a colleague's doorstep and announce "my brain is open", staying long enough to collaborate on a few papers before moving on a few days later. In many cases, he would ask the current collaborator about whom to visit next.
Erdos is also believed to have been asexual and aromantic. :hexbear-aromantic:
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prof chastising me for interrupting her when she interrupted me and started to misinterpreted my point and i literally just clarified? like, no, i'm saying two concepts are related, i'm not answering a different question? is it offensive that i tried to clarify? wtf? i was mid point when you cut me off like okay is this just a hierarchy thing? ugh
Yup, just a hierarchy thing
Many profs pick up bad habits of interrupting others and then feeling like they didn't have time to get their own point across. The worst thing ever is having 2-3 of them in the same conversation.
Maybe next time it would work better to raise a hand half-way? Not like you're asking a question, but sort of the universal gesture for "hang on, I've got something to say". Maybe accompanied by a slight head tilt? It can't get you accused of interrupting, but the meaning is also clear to you and everyone else. If she ignores you and insists on moving on, you do the slightly exaggerated lowering of the hand with a slight shake of the head, and the "you poor thing" half-smile, and she comes off looking brash.
I know you weren't actually looking for advice here. but, eh.
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