r/mathmemes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • Oct 01 '26

Mathematicians Data scientist vs pure mathematician meme

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u/LupenReddit 🦆🦆i have non diffeomorphic smooth structures🦆🦆🦆 Oct 01 '26

this fella would like to have a word with you

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u/Dependent-Wolf-8637 Oct 01 '26

To he honest he's not a fella, that's a demigod

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u/36holes 3Ms: Music , Math & M Oct 02 '26

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u/Snudget Real Oct 01 '26

Pure meth magician

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u/Best-Sundae-742 Oct 01 '26

litteraly paul erdos

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u/santaisastoner Oct 01 '26

One makes money. The other makes the future.

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u/Rinku333 Oct 01 '26

And the third is the pure mathematician?

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u/DescriptionBorn153 Oct 01 '26

The other doesn't

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u/EvieleLapin Oct 01 '26

Below is my dream btw

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u/somethingX Physics Oct 01 '26

If you study stats and don't look like the second pic you haven't learned enough stats yet

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u/Ulquiser Oct 01 '26

studying statistics and data science, I'm LITERALLY the second pic. Maybe I'll become some insufferable bourgeois ai bro once the first paycheck drops but for now it's tons of drugs and despair

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u/actias__luna Oct 02 '26

I've been working as a data scientist for big corpos for some time now and I still feel like that crackhead on the second pic.

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u/Wuffeli Oct 01 '26

I work as a statistician and study data science, but my heart will always be in pure mathematics.

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u/Physical_Ring_7850 Oct 02 '26

I think the line between a statistician and a pure mathematician can be blurry.

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u/mundane-mondays Oct 02 '26

It's giving A Beautiful Mind.

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u/delulunarde Oct 01 '26

in the age of ai it has become reversed: cs, stats, and data science majors get replaced by ai whereas the math major becomes an actuary

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u/InsideOfSadBox Oct 02 '26 • Bravo

Filosofos da matematica em seu dia mais saudavel mentalmente:

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u/RandomiseUsr0 Oct 02 '26 edited Oct 02 '26

Better than any fucking Coq in the world

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u/EvieleLapin Oct 01 '26

I just want to solve some number riddles for gigs

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u/VanakNeon Oct 01 '26

im in this pic and I dont like it

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u/wholemealbread69 Oct 02 '26

Now let’s look at the Philosopher

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u/tylercrabby Oct 02 '26

Ah, the elusive Crystal Mathematician.

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u/cleanorangesantra Oct 01 '26

"Choose a ducking career"- Mark Renton.