• affiliate@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    this seems like as good a place as any to mention the etymology of the word mathematics. according to wikipedia,

    The word mathematics comes from the Ancient Greek word máthēma (μάθημα), meaning ‘something learned, knowledge, mathematics’, and the derived expression mathēmatikḗ tékhnē (μαθηματικὴ τέχνη), meaning ‘mathematical science’.

    so basically, math is the study of things that can be learned. 😎

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    GOD:

    I’m gonna give humans big ol brains so they can be intelligent and do smart shit.

    HUMANITY:

    /invents math, then begins to tease apart the machinery of existence/

    GOD:

    NOT LIKE THAT