What bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field? communism ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 months ago message-square40fedilinkarrow-up153
arrow-up153message-squareWhat bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field? communism ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 months ago message-square40fedilink
minus-square Urist ( @Urist@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoAs a mathematician I will reiterate what my supervisor told me: Math is not hard, it is only we that suck at it (said in context of me complaining about having used way too much time on what I in retrospect found to be simple).
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink3•edit-22 months agoPhysicist: Makes a weird formula, uses it for decades without knowing why it works. Mathematician: Looks for an approach that makes sense for decades, dies. I get annoyed with the way they use math sometimes, but I have to keep in mind there is an advantage to it (I guess).
minus-square within_epsilon ( @within_epsilon@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink2•2 months agoLearning to explain math to a computer has been a major blessing.
As a mathematician I will reiterate what my supervisor told me: Math is not hard, it is only we that suck at it (said in context of me complaining about having used way too much time on what I in retrospect found to be simple).
Physicist: Makes a weird formula, uses it for decades without knowing why it works.
Mathematician: Looks for an approach that makes sense for decades, dies.
I get annoyed with the way they use math sometimes, but I have to keep in mind there is an advantage to it (I guess).
Learning to explain math to a computer has been a major blessing.