[btilly]

Not particularly, oh internet stranger. I do not care for your "help" or armchair psychoanalysis.

Your theory is that I have trauma. Here is mine.

Mathematicians are fairly evenly divided between whether they prefer algebra or analysis. Ask any mathematician and they know exactly which side of this divide they stand on. It is a pretty fundamental difference in what interests them, and what they pay attention to.

Enthusiasm for category theory only exists on the algebra side of the divide. I've yet to meet anyone on the analysis side who particularly likes category theory.

My theory is that I just happen to be on the analysis side.

[crawfordcomeaux]

I said trauma or arbitrary choices. I also forgot about cultural transmission of preferences.

But since you got stuck on trauma and then went on with a "I'm just like this" argument, I'm now willing to bet money on it being trauma-related where before I thought it was a silly possibility.