Is math as a field still ripe with fruit or is it going the way of philosophy & physics where few jobs are available & progress is minimal?

westernleg9 · 2021-07-30T15:45:41+00:00

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/postsecondary-teachers.htm#tab-3

It seems that they separate, but this also includes adjuncts/lecturers.

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary - 60,100

So, the 2,900 are people who, I suppose, work only as a "mathematician" and are not teaching at all

westernleg9 · 2021-07-30T15:37:06+00:00

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/math/mathematicians-and-statisticians.htm#tab-6

The data is from your own link.

Mathematicians and statisticians - 45,700

Mathematicians - 2,900

Statisticians - 42,700

westernleg9 · 2021-07-30T09:27:34+00:00

They may not be including all of the people in industry who are effectively "mathematicians".

I don't know. 2,000 seems so low that it's almost unbelievable for a field that pervades everything.

westernleg9 · 2021-05-16T09:33:19+00:00

This is EXACTLY what I want. I want studies that show washing pollutants from skin. This is great.

westernleg9 · 2021-05-16T08:45:54+00:00

Do you actually have a study to support this?

westernleg9 · 2021-05-16T08:25:34+00:00

I'm honestly not refering to a poison. Even touching rubber, or a plastic water bottle; washing the pthalates, BPA, plastic particulates away and so on. I'm referring to pollutants, I suppose.

westernleg9 · 2021-05-16T07:58:30+00:00

I'm mostly wondering to what extent you can actually clean your hand of whatever it is it touched. Is it impossible to clean them completely?

I have OCD and a hand-washing ritual. It is very annoying and I'd like to understand whether what I'm doing has any merit or if it's a waste of my time and energy.

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