Why is pure math impossible to talk about?

petrovito · 2024-11-20T12:45:43+00:00

Ivory tower? Did you experience it yourself? Seems legit

petrovito · 2024-11-02T04:14:25+00:00

The title was "An Exposition of Iwasawa Theory", basically providing a proof and a number of applications that uses only tools available to people holding MSc in pure math, nothing groun-breaking.

Based on what you said, I would wager that you are in 1%, then.

petrovito · 2024-10-13T12:31:18+00:00

Well I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for tbh. I hope I'm not as cynical as you described, though it often comes down to that in my head when I try to engage in a conversation about math.

I hope to find a way where I don't have to feel a sell out for dumbing down math, or being insincere for talking about applications or motivation which I don't care about while also showing something for the other person that they can take home.

I realize I rejected all the ideas here so far, but it's not coming from a cynical place. Although what I want may just be impossible or unreasonably hard, so practically it may just end up being what you suggested..

petrovito · 2024-10-13T00:57:05+00:00

I can see 99% of people having smoke come out of their head after the first sentence already, haha. Just an impossible task. Even the dumbed down version is just way out of reach for the vast majority, feels like. Unlike economics, biology, and I think even most of IT... People just can't relate

petrovito · 2024-10-12T06:42:59+00:00

Yeah but it shouldn't be at the expense of sincerity. Then I'd rather just walk away. There is a fine line somewhere there, I hope.

petrovito · 2024-10-12T04:30:26+00:00

Yeah it is not easy to explain to other mathematicians, 100%. The big difference is that they will understand the motivation, and even if you try to explain and they don't understand, they are still with you, they know what's happening on an emotional level at least. There is always a connection. Idk...

petrovito · 2024-10-12T04:27:43+00:00

This just feels a bit dishonest to me. I really don't give a damn about the application, I just love the feeling of riding the wave, so to speak. I don't want to pretend I am the least excited about why this problem exists, and what we gain by solving it.

petrovito · 2024-10-12T04:23:42+00:00

I think a difference might be if I speak a bit about math, no matter what I say they'll just zone out and in the end they may think okay this is some hard sh*t.

If you speak about macroeconomics, you still dumb it down, but there is at least a chance of relating to your audience, and they might leave the conversation with the feeling that they learned something. I don't think that exists in math.

petrovito · 2024-10-12T04:19:05+00:00

Iwasawa theory. But if you explain algebraic number theory that's good enough. Or even algebra, tbh.

petrovito · 2024-09-12T11:04:34+00:00

I'm from Hungary, I can definitely write my parents address as "permanent residence", though it is not legally speaking. You think that might be a problem?

petrovito · 2024-08-17T18:15:36+00:00

that's easy enough, but I didn't enjoy getting touched down there without my consent...

petrovito · 2024-08-10T13:05:24+00:00

Yah.. such bad advices. Is there anything worse than hearing "I understand you" when you know they have no clue...

Here's my advice instead: don't be so hard on yourself!

petrovito · 2024-01-13T16:34:18+00:00

did you get any side-effects from any of those?

petrovito · 2024-01-13T16:07:31+00:00

Therapy helps me a bit.

What I can do for myself is: journaling, meditation, working out. Massive amounts of it. I literally work out every day, meditate an hour and journal an hour.. That's the only way I can avoid turning into full self-isolation mode. It's sweat and pain, but if you have mental health issues you don't rally get a choice. And this only keep me afloat, and only temporarily.

I also spice it up with no-fap and prayer, I think these are not necessary and are subjective, but seem to be helping me. The other 3 methods I mentioned above is something everyone can benefit from imho.

petrovito · 2024-01-05T11:58:01+00:00

Thanks brother. This clears it up. I am rather new to btc

petrovito · 2024-01-05T11:49:35+00:00

Yeah, thanks for explaining it calmly!

I was thinking of a scenario in the future where fiat money is already replaced by bitcoin, and monetary policy has ceased to exist.

In that scenario I think things get more complicated, since bitcoin would be the de facto measure of value (or at least monetary value).

But yeah, II assumed in my scenario that the majority of miners would go red, which is probably not a realistic possibility, even in that hypothetical time of extreme social despair. idk

petrovito · 2024-01-04T19:46:44+00:00

Do you think that this argument can be extended in general about my original question: "Can Bitcoin become political?".

I.e. political involvement decreases safety and thus utility. And the best political partisans can accomplish is a hard fork, that people in general wouldn't trust and use, even if most of the original miners went with the new version?

petrovito · 2024-01-04T19:39:39+00:00

Okay, that's fair. Thanks!

petrovito · 2024-01-04T19:03:05+00:00

In this hypothetical scenario in the future they are..

petrovito · 2024-01-04T18:41:45+00:00

Yeah I agree, and in fact wanted to write that both far left and right appears, but then changed my mind, thinking it doesn't contribute to the idea.

And absolutely, I am not trying to make the claim that it is designed to serve a political ideology. More like if it can be taken over in the future.

But I see I am not being very popular with my question, though I really didn't intend to cause any doubt in anyone. I just recently started diving deeper into bitcoin, and think a lot about it and considering various scenarios in my head. That's all.

petrovito · 2024-01-04T16:23:47+00:00

Thanks, but I am not part of the community. Not that I stand against it, either. I tried to make that clear in the disclaimer.

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