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by ska 3575 days ago
I don't find that discussion particularly insightful. Yes, the term is used more broadly, but doing so invites confusion.

Compare perhaps "composer" to "musician", they are both involved in music but operating on different axis. Most people would agree that there isn't a strict relationship superset, and there is overlap. There are skilled composers who are lousy musicians, and vice versa. There are a few people who are top rate at both. However, it is very useful to have the distinction between creating and performing.

It's much the same with mathematicians.

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Excuse me, but you're the one who went off on that tangent.

If we're relating to how people use words, it's not "much the same with mathematicians"