by sotic » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:46 pm
Bicho[DBZ] wrote:so, i discussed this with some friends and instead of insulting or making fun of me, they actually bothered to explain, I'll be sure to never post again, good thing i didn't have to register my nickname
I'll humor you.
The student isn't talking about mastery at all, only meaning and purpose. His statement is that, much as masturbation is empty and meaningless* while sex is meaningful and fulfilling, strictly theoretical mathematics has no point unless it can be applied to physics.
So, you had it doubly backwards.
*I, for one, beg to differ
[quote="Bicho[DBZ]"]so, i discussed this with some friends and instead of insulting or making fun of me, they actually bothered to explain, I'll be sure to never post again, good thing i didn't have to register my nickname[/quote]
I'll humor you.
The student isn't talking about mastery at all, only meaning and purpose. His statement is that, much as masturbation is empty and meaningless* while sex is meaningful and fulfilling, strictly theoretical mathematics has no point unless it can be applied to physics.
So, you had it doubly backwards.
[size=85]*I, for one, beg to differ[/size]