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Someone should tell us that sooner then. I've been trying to get over math anxiety for a long time, and having professors that say "it's simple, what don't you
by epaladin 13y ago
Someone should tell us that sooner then. I've been trying to get over math anxiety for a long time, and having professors that say "it's simple, what don't you understand?" when you try to get help didn't help much.
- j2kun 13y agoA common joke among mathematicians. Two mathematicians are working on a problem and one makes a claim to which the other replies, "That's trivial!" The pair stare at the claim for ten minutes. The other says, "Is it trivial?" They go home, think about it all night, publish three papers about it over the next two years, and then they agree, "Yes, it's trivial."