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Yeah, I'm obviously talking about math, not mere math. Perfect for PhD prep and signalling that you're a powerful human being, but overkill for nearly all practical applications.

But, hey, if it's a status-mongering world then play it as it lies.

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And preferring to work on useful stuff is also a way to signal status.

And you know what's a really great way to signal status? To talk about how everything boils down to signalling status.

And an even better way to signal status? Talk about how status theory predicts that even if status theory is true, people will not believe in status theory because it's true, but only because it's a good way of signalling status.

I'm king of the world!

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