communism@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
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minus-squareUrist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 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-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 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).
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).