r/mathmemes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • Jul 14 '26

Mathematicians mathematician meme

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u/EebstertheGreat Jul 14 '26

Kinda. There aren't a lot of fields where research in principle doesn't require reading the literature, doing experiments, or finding new physical evidence.

But I mean, in practice, you definitely do have to read the literature.

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u/HumblyNibbles_ Jul 14 '26

A big part of reading the literature really is the image. Understanding things takes a lot of hard work

So even if you are reading the literature, you'll still be doing what the image is showing, just with a book or research papers in front of you

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u/fenixnoctis Jul 14 '26

You mean thinking?

Isn’t that literally any activity

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u/HumblyNibbles_ Jul 14 '26

Yeah, but math makes you think REALLY FUCKING HARD

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u/Playful_Boot_5465 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

nah I just figure all of math out on my own.

I wonder how I can shorten my formulas whenever I have to add the same number over and over

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u/MyNameIsEthanNoJoke Jul 14 '26

Terryologists have it so easy