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The most interesting thing in this article was the Math professor himself.

He received his PhD at age 20. He forced Air Canada to change it's policy that claimed the airline wasn't responsible for lost luggage. He's standing up for the integrity of his profession. And he's only 27.

I hope he continues to contribute to society outside of the domain of theoretical maths.




Right on. People who care enough to act when mistreated are becoming increasingly rare, it seems. Plenty are willing to complain, but complaining is not really acting. It's pointing out a problem, not trying to fix it.

The question is, though, how do we positively reward this type of action? For example, if the professor is fired, my guess is that he will have a hard time finding a job somewhere else, because he has rocked the boat. But, he deserves much better than that. How do we solve that?


For example, if the professor is fired, my guess is that he will have a hard time finding a job somewhere else...

I doubt it. In fact, I suspect the first thought of every mathematics department chair in Canada upon reading this story was "Lukacs is running into problems at Manitoba? Is there any way we can get him to come here instead?"


Looking at his qualifications, I think he'll have no problem getting a similar role in another university.


The implication being that he is too good to waste his time on math.




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