>>13517028Mathematics is a language used to define the physical world. When we have these definitions we can extrapolate from absolute truths. This allows us to figure out things about the universe that we can't find out in other ways. A lot of math don't have practical uses because we don't have the knowledge to translate the truth into technology. The reason for this is that we still lack knowledge of the other elements that are necessary to create practical technology. When a mathematician says something is elegant, what he means is; "I figured out something about how the universe works, I think it's really neat to understand that, if I build on this I could understand even more!"
When a mathematician says math is beautiful, he say in layman's terms, "I really like this way of figuring out stuff, think the nature of the whole of existence is very enjoyable to figure out, and I think it's very interesting"
How can you disagree with this if you are a human? Curiosity and exploration is in our nature. Math is a fantastic tool for that.
It's a shame that there is so much antagonism between engineers who think mathematicians are stupid autists who never produce anything real and mathematicians that think engineers are uneducated IQlets for eschewing advanced math for simpler solutions. It's man's nature to measure his self worth in relation to other people, but it would be nice if we could try to rise above our instincts some times.
Everything would be so much easier if we just respected and cooperated with eachother. We all want to do the same thing, excepting a few outliers. To understand and improve our existence.
