@daveliepmann@social.tchncs.de
2026-09-06 11:02 UTC
RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117207856734787448
"In most cases...the problems are posed not because we desperately want the solution to these problems in and of themselves, but because we have seen from past experience that human-directed efforts to solve these problems tend to spur further development of the field..."
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@jbiserkov@mas.to 2026-09-06 21:22
@daveliepmann@social.tchncs.de "Teachers assign essays not because we desperately want to read the students opinions on Hamlet, but because trying to write them [hopefully] spurs new insights and ways of thinking."