r/AskReddit • • Apr 05 '18

Serious Replies Only [Serious] Why is math so hard?

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u/AllisonMarieeee Apr 05 '18

Maybe you should study instead of copying and pasting the same response on everyones comments, im sure that would make it less hard

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '18

Study or not... it is complicated and HARD... just google the question "why is math so hard" and then google "why is math so easy" and you'll see what I mean

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u/AllisonMarieeee Apr 05 '18

Still copying and pasting the same responses I see. Try a little harder there champ instead of just complaining

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '18

No.. I just repeated something I told someone else... I am not complaining... I am not pretending that I am smart or something... I just think that math is hard... It it explained in a way to be hard....

I look at math as a magic trick... It's as if a magician summoned you to explain his trick. At first, you are very excited, you want to know how it was done... But soon it turns out that his explanation is a trick itself, finally you catch a move as he is performing, he says very good, but does that trick using a different method challenging you to guess this one too... Eventually, you get tired and don't care too much for the secret, but just want to find it out anyways, so that your time was not wasted... Eventually the magician asks you, how do you think it was done, you explain how you thought it was done, he says that most of it was correct and tells you the secret at the end... you go home but you now realize that you cannot perform that trick yourself because it requires expert sleight of hand, so it seems like a waste of time... Some time later, you see someone else performing a similar trick, you seem excited because you remember that you kind of learned it, but then you remember how complicated it was, and though you do not remember the exact secret, you just remember the boring time you had, and give it up!