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Math is one of those things that you'll see everywhere if you're looking for it. So its not that the mathematicians are lying, just that they have a biased pers
by greydius 10y ago
Math is one of those things that you'll see everywhere if you're looking for it. So its not that the mathematicians are lying, just that they have a biased perspective.
- lcnmrn 10y agoIt’s a figure of speech. Math is everywhere, but not everyone have access to it. So math isn’t actually everywhere.
- greydius 10y agoThat's my point. The real question is whether "having access to it" is of value to people. I tend to say yes because I love knowledge and take any opportunity I can to better understand the universe I am part of. But not everyone feels this way.
- samastur 10y agoThat's an odd argument to make. It would be like saying that printed word is not everywhere if you are illiterate (or just not familiar with society's alphabet). I see math similar to many other types of knowledge. You can get by with fairly little, but the more you know, more often you will recognize opportunities to use it.