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Profoundly Impractical

January 11, 2017Original blog post

Asked why a mathematician can't do arithmetic, she explains it's the same reason she spills soup on herself: profound impracticality.

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A: "You're a mathematician. So why can't you do arithmetic?" Mathematician: "Same reason I always spill soup on myself: I am profoundly impractical."

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Math Culture › Mathematicians & ArithmeticMath Culture › Pure vs. Applied
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