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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  1529 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grant Sanderson: 3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics

Re: "Is math discovered or invented?"

We grad students were grading undergrad exams, and one undergrad derived an entirely separate method of approach to the problem than had ever been taught in class, ultimately arriving at the correct answer. The prof we were working under looks at it, after we all had, marveling, and said "familiar maths are what we turn to when we're too stupid to invent our own". I loved that.

3blue1brown is a great channel.

Edit: btw, this is a fantastic interview, thanks, nil :).