The words of Paul Lockhart …
“To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion— not because it makes no sense to you, but because you gave it sense and you still don’t understand what your creation is up to; to have a breakthrough idea; to be frustrated as an artist; to be awed and overwhelmed by an almost painful beauty; to be alive, damn it”
Yesterday I had this inspirational/intriguing conversation with a friend. This friend made me stay up late; however, I wasn’t complaining… I’m glad I stayed up because I was exposed to new viewpoints I was unaware of. I always liked to research on my own on topics such as - youth, religion, fate, etc however hearing the opinions and observations of people of my own age group made me realize how there are actually insightful and intellectual young people and I was given the opportunity to be exposed to “A Mathematicians Lament” and it was interesting to read how math should really be and how the school teaches us math the wrong way… I definitely see math in a different light now
