Math writing is dull when it neglects the human dimension

Re:Math writing is dull when it neglects the human dimension by Dalewyn on Friday March 29, 2024 @03:55AM (#39861606)

I've always found math is taught in the most daft, bland, vapid, worthless ways imaginable and I've thought it had to do with those who do the teaching: The teachers and textbooks.

But reading this comment chain, am I correct to understand that this problem stems from the very essence of math itself? The people who live and breathe math just fucking hate sharing their passion with others?

What the hell.

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Re:Math writing is dull when it neglects the human dimension by gosub100 on Friday March 29, 2024 @10:07AM (#39864289)

Could be the hazing mentality: I suffered to get here, why should I allow others to get here without suffering?

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Re:Math writing is dull when it neglects the human dimension by lupire on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:19AM (#39865128)

Academics (not just mathematicians) are famously bitter and political, because they do things tht the world values so little, but they care about so much, and they are fighting for scraps of recognition and funding.

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