Archive for February 15th, 2008

Dressing to Impress Mathematicians

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Brad de Long, an economist, has a post up about the significance of how he dresses for specific audiences. In particular, the consequences of wearing ties:

With math-oriented students, however, a tie tells them that I spend too little time thinking about isomorphisms.

(This inspired n-category jokes in the comments.)