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Maths the most boring subject ever.

milliondollarcorpse

I just don't understand.

On your profile:
Interests:
Maths; Algebras and calculus. Category theory, although I only know the very basics which is a shame. Although, I know naive set theory.

...And now after all your posts in the maths forum you say it's boring?

beat me too it :frown:

Reply 21

Simplicity

OP

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milliondollarcorpse

I just don't understand.

On your profile:
Interests:
Maths; Algebras and calculus. Category theory, although I only know the very basics which is a shame. Although, I know naive set theory.

...And now after all your posts in the maths forum you say it's boring?

Can people stop picking out where I contradict myself, as I'm not logitician. So what do you expect?

Reply 22

snowy_

73337

Are you for real?

I lol'd

Reply 23

Glutamic Acid

17

It's not the most boring subject ever. That title perhaps belongs to biology. But I get what you mean; too much maths can deplete interest and make one perplexed as to how one was so favourable towards it previously. Right now I don't have any enthusiasm for maths, I wish to do anything other than maths, but hopefully the ~~passion~~ ~~love~~ ~~interest~~ ~~fascination~~ spark will return in time for my degree course.

Reply 24

natasha_92

its only really boring when you are not challenged, hard questions are not boring

Reply 25

milliondollarcorpse

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Simplicity

Can people stop picking out where I contradict myself, as I'm not logitician. So what do you expect?

I expect people to be secure about their interests. Seriously, what is it? Have you pretended to yourself all this time that you like maths? :confused:

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Glutamic Acid

It's not the most boring subject ever. That title perhaps belongs to biology. But I get what you mean; too much maths can deplete interest and make one perplexed as to how one was so favourable towards it previously.

Yeah, I really should be self studying stuff but I'm just sitting play a stupid mario game. I really should learn the modules before actually doing as then it would easier when I do them. But, lol. Summer holiday and stuff.

milliondollarcorpse

I expect people to be secure about their interests. Seriously, what is it? Have you pretended to yourself all this time that you like maths?

You have to consider philosophical reasons aswell? apart from interest. But, yeah only complex numbers have really interested me during A levels.

Marcus du Sautoy (the guy that pronounces "Mathematics" with 4 syllables) wrote an interesting article on this. You don't really get to see the cool side of Maths when you're just laying the groundwork for future study at school. Learning purely technical processes, memorising formulae and definitions etc. don't really touch on the more interesting things. Of course, you do that with other subjects as well at school; only those subjects at least give you a taster of what's to come: in English you do learn some literature, for example. It's a shame, because it puts people off a good subject.

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Glutamic Acid

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Simplicity

Yeah, I really should be self studying stuff but I'm just sitting play a stupid mario game. I really should learn the modules before actually doing as then it would easier when I do them. But, lol. Summer holiday and stuff.

Nothing wrong with a Mario game. Nothing at all. I've considered starting on some university content but motivation just isn't there; I'll fulfill my time by reading literature, trying to learn a language and playing the piano whist drinking myself to comfortable alcoholism.

Reply 31

Rainbow-Dream

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Simplicity

Yeah, its pretty boring.

In the whole of alevel the only thing I found was interesting was complex numbers but even that sucked generally. I was wondering does Maths become fun at uni?

I'm generally working under the assumption that maths becomes fun at later years.

I should have really done something like Mathematical Physics but I'm not that good at Physics.

P.S. I don't know it just seems pointless sometimes.

no way. i love maths

Reply 32

Simplicity

OP

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Glutamic Acid

Nothing wrong with a Mario game. Nothing at all. I've considered starting on some university content but motivation just isn't there; I'll fulfill my time by reading literature, trying to learn a language and playing the piano whist drinking myself to comfortable alcoholism.

I don't know but it worries me. See if you look at all the greats they would be studying instead of wasting time playing computer games. Certainly, all the people I want to be like work very hard and I'm just sitting playing mario. Also, if I study uni content now I will have an advantage and be able to get better grade if doing stuff over summer holidays.

P.S. Atleast you can play the piano, I always wanted to be able to play the piano but I'm not middle class.

Reply 33

xSkyFire

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I found the core maths units to be not exactly as interesting as my other subjects although the applied units like Mechanics were pretty cool. Depends on your interests really since my favourite subject out of the lot was chemistry.

Reply 34

xinjaing

The fun thing about maths at uni is that you get to work out the optimal stock market portfolio, option prices, optimal option allocation, etc. Also, maths is used in the City and I like it when they get it wrong and lose loads of money lol.

Well, I have a saying:

Only nerds and psychos do maths. I'm the latter.

Reply 35

My Alt

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I like Simplicity threads

Reply 36

Totally Tom

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xinjaing

The fun thing about maths at uni is that you get to work out the optimal stock market portfolio, option prices, optimal option allocation, etc. Also, maths is used in the City and I like it when they get it wrong and lose loads of money lol.

Well, I have a saying:

Only nerds and psychos do maths. I'm the latter.

how is that fun?

Reply 37

HaNzY

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Maths rules!!! Now GTFO!!! lol

Reply 38

Glutamic Acid

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Simplicity

I don't know but it worries me. See if you look at all the greats they would be studying instead of wasting time playing computer games. Certainly, all the people I want to be like work very hard and I'm just sitting playing mario. Also, if I study uni content now I will have an advantage and be able to get better grade if doing stuff over summer holidays.

P.S. Atleast you can play the piano, I always wanted to be able to play the piano but I'm not middle class.

That's true; being a great requires exceptional determination. I've accepted I'm not going to be a great, and I'm perfectly pseudohappy with being a reasonably good mathematician. Plus, even if I were to forge ahead with material I'd not have the focus to continue learning new material at university, so I'd become somewhat bored whilst lesser people caught up. And that's assuming I've managed to teach it right. My notable academic regret is narrowing my subject choices to a complete science bias, but I've not that much of a scientist. I'm even leaving my apolitical apathy behind and becoming interested in politics, and branching out is exciting. I'd be more satisfied with being pretty well versed (to the "average person", say) in most fields rather than being exceptional in mathematics.

P.S. I'm not very good; having not played for years. I'm not middle class either; I eat rocks for breakfast and live in a shoe.