/lit/ - Literature

>>2395708
>>>/sci/
>>>/g/

>>2395729
>implying /g/ can into putnam

>>2395751
I saw them trying to solve it once, Idk.

I live in Putnam County, NY and let me tell you...that's not our problem of the day.

OP is a witch.

lol @ the literati not being good at math. do you faggots believe in that "left brain/right brain" bullshit and just give up?

>>2395969

No I'm just not interested in math.

>>2395971
to each his own. math is the language of the universe. surprised more /lit/erati aren't into it at least on some level.

>>2395846

:putnam:

>>2395971
Why is it that every great scientist was interested in humanities and read a copious amount of philosophy? You have no excuse.

>>2395991

One field is more accessible than the other. Furthermore, reading a lot of literature and philosophy does not make one a scholar of literature and/or philosophy.

>>2395987

The universe is uninteresting and largely full of nothing.

>>2395995
But math is accessible. Also, many scientists are still interested in philosophy & literature nonetheless. I bet you're the kind of guy that failed at math in high school and you recoil whenever you see an integral.

f(1) = 2 + (2+1) = 5
f(2) = 4 + (4+1) = 9
f(3) = 6 + 7 = 13
f(4) = 8 + 9 = 17
f(5) = 10 + 11 = 21
...
f(100) = 200 + 201 = 401

It diverges because it is obviously approaching infinity and not a finite number. Don't know how to reword that into a proof by induction, sorry.

>>2396005

>But math is accessible.

Not nearly as accessible as literature and philosophy. You can open nearly any book on either and have a superficial understanding of it.

Furthermore, I did not go to high school, and have never studied math beyond college algebra and college statistics, and don't intend to. However, I never got lower than an A.

>>2395995
Math is accessible, people just give up on it easily because current culture encourages bullshitting and it's easier to bullshit through a humanities degree.

>>2396024

I look forward to your sociology dissertation. Do you have any prospective publishers?

Or are you just bullshitting?

>>2396024
>because current culture encourages bullshitting
Like people didn't always bullshit.

Let's not turn this into a maths vs. humanities debate. Let's just admit that humanities majors are generally lazy as shit but get laid more often than math majors.

>>2396037

Most students are lazy as shit.

I'd really like to begin studying mathematics again, I feel like my focus is too singularly linguistic recently. I suppose I'll write up a plan in the coming weeks.

>>2396037
That's because no girl ever does math in college. I wonder why..

>>2396018

Fuck it. I'll give it a go.
for n = 1,
1 < 5

for any n = k,
k < 2*k + 2*k + 1

and for any n = k + 1,
k+1 < 2*(k+1) + 2*(k+1) + 1

obviously,
k + 1 > k

therefore, as the n approaches infinity, k approaches infinity

>>2396039
I love humanities but feel generally more satisfied when I'm studying chemistry or math.

>>2396030
I don't know, did they? Go back and read the published personal journals of famous writers and scientists of the past. Did it seem like they were full of shit or that they actually took their studies seriously?

>>2396044
contd.
Now look at the interviews/blogs of famous writers today. Bullshit all around.

>>2396043

>Dat objectivity
>Dat irrefutable progress
>Dat resultant sense of self-worth

>>2396048

>still believes in the flawed western notion of linear progress

>>2396045
>>2396044
>comparing blogs to journals
>arbitrarily mapping "level of bullshitting" to journal/blog entries
0/10
r u evn trying?
Read some medical journals. They're pretty devoid of bullshit.

>>2396050
I think he is being sarcastic

>>2396050

>I can invariably perform function 'x'
>I undertake process 'a' (studying)
>I can invariably perform functions 'x' and 'y'
>I fail to undertake process 'b' (studying, ii)
>I can invariably perform functions 'x' and 'y, but not 'z'

>>2396053
lmao...medical journals. not sure if srs.

>>2396064
>>>/b/