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Jan 24, 2014 at 7:25 comment added Włodzimierz Holsztyński I didn't bother earlier but actually Ori's comment illustrates one of the most important principles of both the pure and the applied mathematics: neglect the trivialities. **** Anyway, no mathematician should ever approach anybody to say "I think you should be a little more like a mathematician ..." (if you want to say something then just say it, without invoking the authority of mathematics).
May 6, 2013 at 23:21 comment added Włodzimierz Holsztyński @Ori, it so happens that your comment relates and illustrates still another shortcoming of common thinking (or lack of it) in the world of applications. I lost interest in writing about them but now I may do it. Your comment perhaps has succeeded in 2 downvotes of my answer :-) And in general, no analogy holds water, while they can be useful (illuminating) anyway.
May 6, 2013 at 5:28 comment added Ori Gurel-Gurevich @Wlodzimierz Holsztynski, I got your intention. I only tried to be so-so funny, and apparently failed even at this modest goal.
May 4, 2013 at 21:41 comment added Włodzimierz Holsztyński I talked, metaphorically, about a real issue(!), which I observed over years of workings with engineers for different companies. The problem I have mentioned is also common among average students of mathematics (I am not talking about the gifted ones). Somehow, every time there is a not exactly mathematical question there show on MO some negative emotions, it's so silly.
May 4, 2013 at 21:33 comment added Włodzimierz Holsztyński @Ori, U'r so-so sophisticated.
May 3, 2013 at 20:15 comment added Ori Gurel-Gurevich It takes a mathematician to realize that going 1 mile east, north and west is not the same as going 1 mile north.
May 3, 2013 at 18:18 history answered Włodzimierz Holsztyński CC BY-SA 3.0