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The mathematical purist in their natural habitat! This specimen can be identified by their 10-page LaTeX solutions to problems that could be solved on a napkin. They're not studying math—they're performing a sacred ritual where each symbol must be meticulously defined lest the math gods smite them.
Pure mathematicians are like the hipsters of academia: "I was into category theory before it had practical applications." They'll spend three hours explaining why 1+1=2 requires axiomatic set theory while secretly judging your "hand-wavey" proofs.
The irony? They mock engineers for being practical while dedicating their lives to abstractions so pure they've transcended usefulness entirely. But don't tell them that—they're too busy formalizing their intuitions to change their epistemic justification for accepting them. Whatever that means.
