communism to Asklemmy · 5 months agoWhat bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?communism to Asklemmy · 5 months agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squareUristlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 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-up5·edit-25 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-squarewithin_epsilon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 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.