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  • restingboredface@sh.itjust.workstoScience Memes@mander.xyzSmart
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    2 months ago

    From the wiki article :

    Perelman resigned from his research post in Steklov Institute of Mathematics and in 2006 stated that he had quit professional mathematics, owing to feeling disappointed over the ethical standards in the field. >

    Anybody have any idea what the ethical standards might be that he’s referring to? Not sure if there’s a scandal or something or just an overall sense of displeasure with the field.



  • I agree with other replies here with one addition. People who get into grad school are generally the high achievers from their high school and undergrad programs, so they are used to being the only or one of few star students. In PhD programs everyone is a star student, so it can be a bit jarring to folks used to being head of the class when they suddenly aren’t.

    It can cause a bit of jealousy and competitive thinking but most of the time students get past it and focus simply on enduring the gauntlet.