tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post3783178692350254150..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Maths is a man thing*Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-71108658077737626302015-11-18T22:22:00.335+00:002015-11-18T22:22:00.335+00:00Jeez,
nope, partially correct but math (how you d...Jeez,<br />nope, partially correct but math (how you define it) is a human tool (and of other possible extraterrestrial creatures) to understand the experience to see reality based on quantitative symbols. The real nature of reality are the patterns, that made our vision coerent because patterns are fluidly regular like a creation of old movies. <br /><br />No exactly ''math'' but ''logical-deductive thinking'' (pragmatic/logical recognition of patterns) that seems proportionally prevalent (and testosteronically too) among men than women. Santocultonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-6663225701075830132015-05-14T10:44:08.162+01:002015-05-14T10:44:08.162+01:00An update on: "Lest it be thought that this i...An update on: "Lest it be thought that this is just a fenland phenomenon, since it began in 1936 no woman has ever won a Fields Medal, considered the Nobel for mathematicians." Maryam Mirzakhani, who was born and raised in Iran, has been awarded the highest honour a mathematician can attain. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/13/fields-medal-mathematics-prize-woman-maryam-mirzakhaniMerculinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533970814734366905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-81601576370433374362013-10-01T22:05:29.044+01:002013-10-01T22:05:29.044+01:00Jim, in that case I am unable to make any comment ...Jim, in that case I am unable to make any comment at all, other than to give all mathematicians the Masculine-Feminine scale from the MMPI, and see if we can get some alluring results. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-27211772853295545432013-10-01T21:05:06.008+01:002013-10-01T21:05:06.008+01:00I think Landau was remarking on her personality no...I think Landau was remarking on her personality not her physical attractiveness.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-83987574869101401982013-09-30T23:42:00.935+01:002013-09-30T23:42:00.935+01:00Jim, she looks fine to me, and had to put up with ...Jim, she looks fine to me, and had to put up with insufferable treatment most of her life. A triumph of the intellect over crass attitudes. Edmund Landau has a receding hairline and a funny mustache. Can't speak about his mathematics, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-43531434103361574972013-09-30T16:59:16.110+01:002013-09-30T16:59:16.110+01:00Emmy Noether was the daughter of Max Noether. She ...Emmy Noether was the daughter of Max Noether. She had a very masculine personality apparently. Edmund Landau was once asked what he thought of her as a women mathematician. He replied that he thought she was a very fine mathematician but as to her being a women he had his doubts.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-18382462653387266582013-09-24T00:29:39.802+01:002013-09-24T00:29:39.802+01:00"math is the fundamental truth of nature"..."math is the fundamental truth of nature": more like, it's only the parts of nature that are susceptible to mathematical analysis that we understand much about.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-27434455373126211292013-09-23T13:22:18.359+01:002013-09-23T13:22:18.359+01:00"According to Bertrand Russell 'Mathemat...<i>"According to Bertrand Russell 'Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry'.<br /><br />xkcd agrees, (Fields arranged by purity http://xkcd.com/435/) so it must be true"</i><br /><br />That would be because, as <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0646" rel="nofollow">Max Tegmark argues</a>, math is <a href="http://mukto-mona.net/science/physics/ParalellUniverse2003.pdf" rel="nofollow">the fundamental truth of nature</a>; that is, the universe is inherently mathematical. And I agree with this.<br /><br />JayManhttp://jaymans.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-44491332024370139852013-09-23T13:03:24.930+01:002013-09-23T13:03:24.930+01:00Fawcett was a cousin of Littlewood. Just in case a...Fawcett was a cousin of Littlewood. Just in case anyone should doubt that maths ability might run in families.deariemenoreply@blogger.com