communism@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 3 months agoWhat bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?message-squaremessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up131
arrow-up131message-squareWhat bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?communism@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 3 months agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarewuphysics87@lemmy.mlhexbear8·3 months agoI'm a physicist and we are actually dumb as a box of rocks. linkfedilink
minus-squareUrist@lemmy.mlhexbear6·3 months agoAs a mathematician I will reiterate what my supervisor told me: Math is not hard, it is only we that suck at it (said in context of me complaining about having used way too much time on what I in retrospect found to be simple). linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orghexbear3·edit-23 months agoPhysicist: Makes a weird formula, uses it for decades without knowing why it works. Mathematician: Looks for an approach that makes sense for decades, dies. I get annoyed with the way they use math sometimes, but I have to keep in mind there is an advantage to it (I guess). linkfedilink
I'm a physicist and we are actually dumb as a box of rocks.
As a mathematician I will reiterate what my supervisor told me: Math is not hard, it is only we that suck at it (said in context of me complaining about having used way too much time on what I in retrospect found to be simple).
Physicist: Makes a weird formula, uses it for decades without knowing why it works.
Mathematician: Looks for an approach that makes sense for decades, dies.
I get annoyed with the way they use math sometimes, but I have to keep in mind there is an advantage to it (I guess).