“There is no royal road to mathematics.”
It’s nobody’s job to explain or pitch math to you, and you’ve chosen an uninteresting instrumental attitude to math that stifles any diy curiosity. Your loss. 
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Replying to @vgr @QiaochuYuan
Feels like we’ve reached “agree to disagree” point
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Replying to @spiderfoods @QiaochuYuan
Yes that’s generally where you’re forced to stop without math
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Replying to @vgr @QiaochuYuan
you tryna start a Beef with me or somethin :p trust me, i’m all game, but you know my knife-fighting policy
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i thought of a fun way for us to Beef without knives. a TV show debate; i recommend you a show, you recommend me a show; whoever learns something, loses game?
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Replying to @spiderfoods @QiaochuYuan
What are you, a Ben Shapiro?
There’s nothing to debate. You’re not interested in math, I’m not interested in converting anyone to math appreciation.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @vgr @QiaochuYuan
*shrug* just bored and wanna play some games i keep forgetting that all you Employed types have better things to do with your time lol. fair enough.
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sorry, i’ll stop haranguing you if it’s actually annoying. dunno why i’m interested in beefing with you, really. you’ve occupied a good portion of my headspace for like 15 years now. maybe it’s some sort of cosmic justice
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You just laid out the best case for math investment. Math is the best way to occupy your own headspace and prevent that kind of Straussian pwnage by other minds
Even famous mathematicians can’t occupy your head because to understand what they did you have to redo it yourself
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Replying to @vgr @QiaochuYuan
i just got finished scrubbing my head of reigious thinking (on your advice!), and now you’re telling me it’s good again? sigh
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I think a crux issue between math and organized religion is rhetoric strategies. In organized religion you typically appeal to faith or authority (zen etc. notwithstanding) In math you're on your own to derive Truth yourself, but there's others who went on the journey before u
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