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Current zeitgeist and culture easily obscure the full view of your horizons. It's a problem for everyone. Math helps you break out of it by stretching your mind
by vovk 8y ago
Current zeitgeist and culture easily obscure the full view of your horizons. It's a problem for everyone. Math helps you break out of it by stretching your mind to see things that regular human mind (untouched by the rigors and weirdness of math) would dismiss as preposterous (if it could somehow perceive of such a thing in the first place). Besides, math helps develop mental endurance and ability to think through any situation. Also, math doesn't easily diminish in value as "the next best shiny thing" out the Valley that can lose its value in just a couple of years.
- krzychukula 8y agoThanks. That's a good point. Even in the short term, I can think of using it for data science or maybe 3D. There's a lot. Just to be sure are you thinking about Math only or about CS and other academic studies as well? If so, which?