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Unsurprisingly the mathematician ignores real world problems: problems we understand but can't be bothered to solve (e.g. hunger, poverty, climate, etc.).
by queuebert 3y ago
Unsurprisingly the mathematician ignores real world problems: problems we understand but can't be bothered to solve (e.g. hunger, poverty, climate, etc.).
- justsid 3y agoThey are all easy to solve if it weren’t for social inertia though. It’s not like there is a fundamental law requiring poverty to exist, we know exactly what is causing these issues and have the resources to deal with them. We just don’t want the inconvenience of it.
- naveen99 3y agoHunger is not a problem, it’s a useful sense. Poverty also not a problem, just a definition (bottom 10-20% producers). Climate also not a problem. Just the reality of humans paper clipping finite resources. algae did the same thing when it took co2 from 99% of atmosphere down to less than 1%. Now it’s the algae left arm wrestling the human left.
- brianpan 3y agoIf we don't have a viable solution, do we really understand the problem? Not being facetious. Saying we know that people are hungry is like saying my computer doesn't do the thing I want it to do. The difficult part is (in both cases) solving the problem. And that INCLUDES the pesky "why can't society just agree to do the good thing" part.