> Unfortunately it seems like no one has been willing to teach the author what mathematics is. You're assuming there's only one answer to "what mathematics is"

> Unfortunately it seems like no one has been willing to teach the author what mathematics is. You're assuming there's only one answer to "what mathematics is" and that it coincides with your view. You appear to be a fan of doing math, but far more people use math. I'm not a mathematician. To me, it's a tool that can be used to solve the problems I care about. I don't get joy from spending hours proving results just to say I did it - but I understand that others do. In spite of that, if I can understand the conditions in which an algorithm will converge to the solution, I can benefit from studying math.