b') it latches on to the converse of 'math is everywhere' (see https://mathbabe.org/2017/08/16/math-still-not-everywhere/ … ), which *also* writes nearly everything math is. 2/
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b'') and wrongly conflates being useful meaningful with being "about something". c) that said, most of rest of article is mostly right 3/
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c') & the answers from Tanton range from non-responsive to just silly. Math&society too important to leave to mathematicians alone. 4/4
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Mathematics is an art. Its beauty should be made vividly evident to all, and those smitten by it should be encouraged to practice it.
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Artists pursue their art because its peculiar beauties utterly obsess them. They neither need nor heed assessments of its social value.
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It is as foolish to insist that everyone must master mathematics as it is to insist that everyone must master the composition of novels.
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It is equally foolish to argue that because mathematics has major technological applications, its growth ought to be "managed" by society.
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When "managed" by society, no art flourishes. Its survival depends upon according complete freedom to those who devote themselves to it.
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Some may abuse this freedom, but great artists use it to devise constraints for themselves. They have no wish to play tennis without a net.
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The key point is that no one -- certainly no education bureaucrat -- knows better than a great artist how to devise fruitful constraints.
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Mathematics and society gain the most when great mathematicians pursue their art as they see fit. For, strangely, beautiful math is useful.
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Another nice thought contradicted by history. Myths like this interfere with sound policy and social responsibility.
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Name an artist whose work we esteem today who concerned himself during his productive years with sound policy and social responsibility.
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