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    Do people who tend to be great at math suck at statistics?

    In my opinion, math is an exact science, while statistics is an art. Math: perfect Stats: estimation In my opinion, there has to be a difference between the population of mathematicians and statisticians. Mod note: Removed the poll, which isn't allowed in the technical sections.
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    To be a great mathematician/physicist, must one start young?

    Well, they may start university at the same age as everyone else. However, If they have parents who taught them the basics of mathematics at the age when most kids are learning how to read from their parents, then will that have an effect? For example, I heard that Chomsky taught his children...
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    To be a great mathematician/physicist, must one start young?

    I know that all great chess/weiqi players start at a young a age. Is this also true for mathematicians and physicist? Could anyone give examples of great mathematicians and physicists who started late in life?
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    Is multiplication associative in physics?

    Yes, I mean commutative.
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    Is multiplication associative in physics?

    Work = Force X Distance. ? = Distance X Force How do you make sense of the second equation?
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    Do Math Majors Need Drawing Skills? - An Exploration of Spatial IQ

    What about spatial IQ? I heard that spatial IQ is important to physicists.
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    Do Math Majors Need Drawing Skills? - An Exploration of Spatial IQ

    OK, ever since I was young I was well aware of my inability to draw. I had a friend who really could draw, and he did it so effortlessly. When I tried to draw, I had to erase erase and erase! I am asking this because I am a math major, and I would like to know if drawing is a talent that...
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    How many digits can you accurately reverse?

    How far can you go? I only got up to 7 digits http://cognitivefun.net/test/10
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    Show me how this equation is valid

    Please, hurry. It's driving me nuts
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    Are research papers published by universities in china available to us

    or vice versa? does the language barrier impede the exchange of knowledge?
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    Solve the IQ Puzzle: 4 Left, 3 Right - Which Matches?

    i think this might be it. i also thought it was the second picture but for different reason. all 4 picture has 3 lines connected, only the middle picture to the right fits that. but i agree with you
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    Solve the IQ Puzzle: 4 Left, 3 Right - Which Matches?

    the 4 pictures to the left follow a pattern. 1 of the 3 pictures to the right matches that pattern. which one?
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    Do entry level PhD statisticians really make 200K a year?

    that's what one of my math profs told me. i forgot what the industry needs to be in order to make that much as an entry level. perhaps insurance?
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    Why Did the Romans Neglect Mathematics for a Millennium?

    i know of no math theory attributed to a roman
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    Why Did the Romans Neglect Mathematics for a Millennium?

    1000 years of mathlessness. what gives?
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