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There can be a lot of creativity and beauty in banking and law. It's just very specialized that a poet might not see it. The same is true for mathematics. A poe
by jrs99 13y ago
There can be a lot of creativity and beauty in banking and law. It's just very specialized that a poet might not see it. The same is true for mathematics. A poet might not think that mathematical formulas are beautiful and even be ignorantly unable to find beauty in formulas and then feel superior when he goes out and finds so much beauty in the sky.
There are plenty of dull poets out there too that are uninspired and passionless.
- MarkPNeyer 13y agoAgreed. Plenty of lawyers work with their hearts and eschew money. Plenty of research mathematicians are more interested in padding their publication record than in mathematics itself.
- phaemon 13y agoDavid Hilbert, the great mathematician, was told that one of students had decided to study poetry instead of mathematics. "Good, he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician," he responded.