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[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Having practical applications for higher math makes that shit stick like glue when otherwise it would get forgotten immediately after the test.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apparently knowing people learn differently and that mathematicians are a tiny minority is neoliberal...

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Welcome to the Fediverse, I guess.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

I use Arch btw.

[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

As the experts say: "Use it or lose it."

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They're getting downvoted because there's a lot of esoterical people demanding that we learn stuff either for the joy of it (which many are not at all having btw) or because it "purifies character" or sth.

Practical applications are felt like an impurity to that.