Timeline for Justifying/Explaining math research in a public address
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| Sep 13, 2022 at 1:32 | comment | added | Hercule Poirot | "Almost everything in pure mathematics is ultimately motivated by questions that a broad audience might appreciate" I think this is false, I think the majority of people, even those in science, couldn't care less about the examples you provide or any other pure math questions. (I base this on my experience interacting with a wide variety of people) But we care and that's enough. | |
| Aug 7, 2012 at 21:47 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | I guess those unfortunate some have only a 50% chance of their research arising naturally? Gerhard "Coming From The Flip Side" Paseman, 2012.08.07 | |
| Aug 7, 2012 at 21:30 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | "Almost surely your research arises from some such natural question and its natural generalizations." I fear some of us are not so fortunate. | |
| Aug 7, 2012 at 20:09 | history | answered | Steven Landsburg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |