Quora can be an awesome resource, a place where rational, intelligent people come together to have in-depth discussions about important and stimulating topics. However, like anywhere else on the web, it has it's fair share of pretentious and arrogant contributors who can't seem to get over themselves, like this “budding mathematician” for example.
The poor woman, obviously doing the superior science, found herself stuck with a boyfriend studying something as lowly as psychology, the science of the human mind and behavior. “I'm planning to be a mathematician and I can't take his interest seriously,” she wailed. “It's a joke compared to mine. We have chemistry but his profession/interest in that pop junk is annoying. I prefer intellectual discussions not junk talk.”
Now, whether this was a genuine post, or just a wind-up trying to get a reaction is open to question, but get a reaction it did, in the form of a glorious put down. Using pinpoint logic to defend the complexity and importance of psychology in relation to mathematics, the response eloquently describes the OP's shortcomings, while suggesting that her psychologist boyfriend could find her as a useful subject for study, if nothing else.
She will no doubt learn, with time, to respect others choices and passions in life, even if they are different to her own. But for now, such a superior attitude is probably not going to stand this student in good stead for the duration of her studies, or her love life for that matter. Scroll down below to read how it unfolded for yourself, as well as see how others reacted to the post. What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
A “budding mathematician” took to Quora to share her embarrassment at her boyfriend's choice of study, psychology
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Here's what answer she got
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