The question of "What exactly was Pythagoras trying to do with his life? What made him choose to try to answer the questions he was answering?" is a *good question* And it's one whose answer is a lot more complex and weird than most of us today would assume!
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It had a lot more to do with what we'd think of as religion and art than what we'd think of as "practical" concerns of science and engineering! (Although the ancient Greeks really didn't see them as separate the way we do now)
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...Lockhart's Lament? Did I write a collection of my work somewhere and forget? :p
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Is that one among your laments?
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I passed all my exams but I didn't really *understand* math until I got a job where I had to use it. I feel like knowing the *why* of math would have helped me a lot, even if the "why" was "to help colonists trade slaves"
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The story about the guy who originally proved sqrt 2 was irrational being executed for blasphemy should be more widely known
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I'm not certain it's true, but I love it.
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Does anyone online ever approach anything in good faith (and should we care that they don't)
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