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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2146 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On teaching mathematics

Yeah that's dumb. Engineers are taught that manufacturing is applied engineering, engineering is applied physics, and physics is applied math. Math isn't applied anything; it's the only discipline you can conjure out of pure thought. I would have figured the mathematicians would be insufferably reassured about that.