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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by avmich on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:31AM (#29393910)
I think, Heinlein in "Have spacesuit - will travel" mentions something to the tune of "math is worse than peanuts". Integrals could be holding attention quite well - just check Youtube channels with explanations of everything, or MOOCs which have rather robust audience.
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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by whatshisface on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:40AM (#29394043)
It's not so much that there's no aspect of math that is pleasing, as it is that whatever it is, it's exempt from the hedonistic treadmill.
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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by GDC7 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:42AM (#29394067)
It's not math. It's you solving, winning and conquering math problems, and beating other people to the solution.
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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by datameta on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:14PM (#29394549)
Precisely. The more one learns the more unsolved problems one discovers, each more brain-stimulating than the last!
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