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/sci/ - Science & Math

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Why is /sci/ so obsessed with maths? Why do you study maths? Brainlet here and i don't really understand.

do you want money?
Is it profitable?
you want to feel smart?
you want to be smart?

>> No.9815212

>>9815210
Autistic/hyper-male interest in things.

Just how they were born and molded by early childhood.

>> No.9815235

>>9815210

>Why is /sci/ so obsessed with maths? Why do you study maths?

Mathematics is the least biased instrument to understand the universe.
Mathematics is the most useful mental instrument we have for all of the sciences.

> do you want money?

Yes.

> Is it profitable?

Depends on how you apply math.

> you want to feel smart?
> you want to be smart?

Learning math won't make you smart.

>> No.9815239

Because I want to.
>>9815235
Faggot.

>> No.9815267

So they can justify being poor.

>> No.9815270

>>9815210
in software development i find using new mathematics greatly enhances the capability of systems

>> No.9815271

>>9815210
>do you want money?
Yes.

>Is it profitable?
No, but math has a sister degree with $300k starting. I think it's called Computer Science or something like that.

>you want to feel smart?
>you want to be smart?
You don't learn math to be smart. You learn math because you're smart.

>> No.9815273

>>9815210
>Mathematics is the gate and key to the sciences - Kevin Bacon.

That's why.

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>>9815210
This board is obsessed over turning academics and academia into a sport. It mostly has to do with the “cult of genius.” For them, mathematics is how they benchmark their “inherent” talent. If they got a bad grade, then they didn’t work hard; if anyone else does, it’s because they’re inherently not as intelligent (attribution is an interesting topic from psychology). /sci/ is a testament to how stupid undergraduate students can be, to how blinding pride can be, and to how petty and emphatically uninformed “academic types” can really be. This is a good read:
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to-be-a-genius-to-do-maths/

t. mathematics graduate who stopped taking this board seriously 3-4 years ago

>> No.9815283

>>9815210
I got a bachelor's degree in math from a second-rate state college.
Now I make about 20K a year moving boxes of nuts and bolts part time!

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>>9815271
>smart people learn math because they’re smart
>anyone else need not apply
Don’t be that guy. Don’t make mathematics a persI align trait

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>>9815271
>smart people learn math because they’re smart
>anyone else need not apply
Don’t be that guy. Don’t make mathematics a personality trait.

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9815299

>>9815291
>deletes his post and reposts it again with a nu-male cartoon instead

>> No.9815313

>>9815299
He's right though

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>>9815299
I deleted my post because it had a typo.

>> No.9815332

>>9815299
Is lucky star now some hipster show? That's not really something you can bring up to feel superior. "Tch, don't talk to me about Bill Nye, I watch Japanese middle schoolers go about their lives."

>> No.9815352

>>9815210
>do you want money?
>Is it profitable?
>you want to feel smart?
>you want to be smart?

None of these. I do it because I take pleasure in doing mathematics and I find it a very beautiful subject.

>> No.9815377

>>9815273
I hope you're being sarcastic and I didn't get it

>> No.9815378

>>9815210
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
As Erdos says, if you don't study math you are dead.

>> No.9815389

>>9815378
he studied math and he is dead

>> No.9815391

>>9815389
He's dead and he no longer studies math.
Coincidence?

>> No.9815394

>>9815391
I wish I was dead too

>> No.9815419

>>9815378
I think Erdos was a fantastic mathematician and fascinating guy (and I've had the privilege of having professors who have Erdos numbers under 5), but I also know that on some level, I do not and do not want to lead my life in that way. I like knowing how to drive, knowing how to cook a bit, and being inquisitive about other fields. I study math, but I also really love physics, so perhaps my interest isn't as pure as his was.

>> No.9815427

Because it is beautiful