Love this local angle on my story about the dearth of black mathematicians by @uflorida student journalist @kellyrhayes! Meet Melissa Shabazz, the only African American out of 58 faculty in the UF math department.https://twitter.com/TheAlligator/status/1100090311576092672 …
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Also love that she got this quote from the department chair,
@niveknosdunk, which addresses a point I didn't get to:“People think mathematics is very rigid, and it is. But different points of view will certainly lead to solutions that you might not have been able to find before.”3 replies 1 retweet 15 likesShow this thread -
Lots of people, including Chief Justice Roberts, have asked why diversity matters in 'objective' disciplines like science/math. ("What unique perspective does a minority student bring to a physics class?" - Roberts in Fisher v Texas, 2015).https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/12/10/9886088/roberts-affirmative-action-physics …
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This is a vivid reflection of the utter failure of the scientific community to convey to the public any appreciation whatever of the difference between a scientific result and the process of investigation that leads to scientific results. The practice of science is an art.
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"Physical theories are guessed, not deduced; if only deductions were required, every competent hack could be an Einstein or a Feynman." ~ Rainer Kurt Sachs The most important breakthrough discoveries in science are deeply mysterious achievements. Guessing right is hard.
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The greatest scientific masters are often profoundly strange, and what makes their work important is that it incorporates a perspective quite alien to their colleagues and predecessors. They see what others miss, and ultimately reveal to others wholly new uses for their eyes.
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