This, to me, is what they call, in classical terms, a dilemma.
On one hand, I hate commies.
On the other hand, I've never met a mathematician that I also didn't hate with near equal passion.
On the gripping hand... Uh...
Let them fight?
Man, I hate commies but am also a mathematician.
I use my math to make new guns. To kill commies with.
Maybe I am the exception to your rule?
Maybe.
Maybe.
The root of my discontent with mathematics is tied to the fundamental position the discipline is afforded in modern science, so it gets backblast from my discontent with science itself.
Make no mistake, science is a vital feed-stock for engineering (A discipline I identify far more with, given as I studied it for two and a half years back in the '80s), but my issue comes in with the way the modern world tries to treat science as a sort of post-modern deity, whereas I maintain that the art of measurements will never provide meaningful answers about life - such things being the domain of philosophy and theology.
tl;dr I'm a grouchy almost-engineer-turned-philosopher who dislikes the modern science-as-pragma culture. That I don't much like math shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
That and I still have fucking PTSD-esque nightmares about multivariate calculus.
I chuckled at the response.
From my experience, as a scientist, I can assure you that politicians toss scientific evidence into the trash.
It does not change facts. Science cannot do that.
Instead, people pick and choose what "science" they like.
You can prove this yourself. Next time a politician says something, ask him for the records that he relied upon in making the statement.
Have fun !
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