Why do you actually do math? What do you hope to gain from it?

Mathematics is our best shot at making sense of the world

I want to make sense of the world

Therefore I do math

>If it's so fun why don't you do it on your free time
i do.

I also do math in my free time. I'm not even that good at it in the grand scheme of things but I like to check patterns n shiet.

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A smug sense of satisfaction.

I know you're joking but my professor actually tried to encourage us by saying we could potentially court women with our skills and that he was drowning in pussy at a party where he discussed what he did for work. He was a pathetic, insensitive, and sexist man. Especially when there were like five women in the class.

Math has to be applied for you to make sense of the world. You aren't making sense of the world by doing pure math.

What the fuck is it with Veeky Forums's hard on for triple integrals? They're just tedious and obnoxious. They're not intrinsically hard and don't really test critical thinking thereby not even fun from a math stand point either?

Is it just another Veeky Forums meme or have some people JUST finished calc 3 and think they're top shit before taking diff eq or real analysis?

Yes it's a meme you fucking mongoloid

Seeing as I don't get paid for it, I only do it in my free time.

I swear I read an article about a professor like that once.

Because it's fun. And yes, I also do it on my free time. I'm doing math every minute, right now I'm shitting while reading about math.

Math is very usefull for my work (FEM analysis, bridge design). I mean, it will be pretty unfairly if i say only "OOOh, it's so fun!!".

But on the other hand, it's fun and interesting too. When i've learn Fast Fourier Transform (used in seismic analysis of bridges) and DFT, oh, it was like I've opened a Christmas present or a pirate chest with treasures.

Nope

So you're telling me that a priori math can teach as much about the world as a posteriori scientific experiments?

Wowza how fucking new are you?
youtube.com/watch?v=FOZO0WWULLA

Because I'm too intelligent to do something useful.

>he thinks biology isn't the thinking man's field

Maybe not 'as much as' but it tells you something about reality. Trivially, since mathematics is part of reality, it tells you about itself.

Implying I'm not a literal aspie who does maths in my free time

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>muh sexism

>he likes hooking up with women, therefore he's sexist

>being open about your sexual desires is sexist

>liking women is sexist

Literally what

I don't know what you are complaining about. Everytime you post you get a timestamp. For example, yours:

> Anonymous 11/05/16(Sat)21:34:55
>11/05/16
>16

I mean, what could you not get about that? Do I need Trudeau to explain it or what.

kek

It's fun.
>If it's so fun why don't you do it on your free time
I do, but uni gives me direction and a productive learning environment.

Dat transitive proof

Hahahaha

Not the guy you're replying to but can you elaborate more? As far as I know math is pure logic, which on its own is useless for gaining a deeper understanding of the universe. It's simply a tool to be applied within the realm of science.

You don't consider pure logic to be a part of the universe? What is it then?

to show off my pseudointellectualism.

If mathematics doesn't exist in our universe, then there must be a metaphysical universe in which it does exist. Is this what you are proposing?

It is so fun so I do it in my spare time. I just accidentally ended up with a job this time.

jokes on you, I do math on my free time. But I don't really have any life other than shitposting on Veeky Forums

Lurk more you retard.

Anyone who says they do math for fun is a giant liar.

Mathematics is not fun. It is hard, grueling work. The end result is a worthy reward, for sure, but that doesn't mean the process is at all satisfying.

The only people who do mathematics as a hobby are masochists.