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... the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays Philip Davis, Reuben Hersh, "The Mathematical Experience"

• User23 3y ago
  Meanwhile the actual working mathematicians, better known as engineers, still use geometry on weekdays.
  • eru 3y ago
    Engineers are their own special species. They aren't just 'working mathematicians'.