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Scenario

Why Mathematical Relevance Questions Feel Like Personal Attacks

I love the purity of mathematical proof but I am tired of my students asking when they will use this in real life because I have never had a good answer.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Challenges to the practical value of abstract work can feel like challenges to the legitimacy of one's entire intellectual life.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mathematical thinking as universal language?”

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