Why I failed to become a mathematician... 

The Ukrainian reporter who grills Russian POWs?

I agree. Even though I get pretty good grades in mathematics, I know I could become a much better mathematician but I'm not putting anywhere near as much work as the top mathematicians do so I can only blame myself.

No, Zworkin was the inventor of the cathode ray tube and several other devices that make TV possible. He is credited with being the overall inventor of television, the bane of those of us who were undisciplined in our youths.

You didn't focus because you didn't have an aim to follow. Maths is tool not the aim itself. This is why you weren't willing enough to study it

math is not about passing exams, it is about solving problems and discovering structures. but tbf most people have no idea what a mathematician does but think they solve exams or do derivatives all day, which is kinda ridiculous

It's because life is uncertain and I hate the ambiguity of it. I love maths because it's certain and you know exactly what to do

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@tomellman2418 There's a lot of truth in that. I can identify.

That is why I did it as a degree. 1. The problem solving. 2 . Do not need to depend on anyone to do the work but just collaborate if needed to help understand, again if can not solve myself. 3. It is exact as you can get and if you work hard easy to score full 4.0 GPA. 4. Lots of masters it can lead and many lucrative careers.

be alone by myself. GOOD one….DUMBBELL!!!

I dont think she prematurely judged a field. I think she is right about the social component. It is true that you have collaborators, but your work does not extrictly depend on human or social interactions to move forward. You are still the main contributor. Whereas in other fields like medicine, you need to interact with people for everything. With your patients or clients, with your colleages for a surgery, etc. Even if you compare maths with other academical fields, you will realise that collaborations are much lesser. Papers at most have 5 authors. In other fields, you have thousands of collaborators. You depend on laboratories, private companies other universities, etc. Having said that, check "Machine assisted proof" by Terence Tao (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AayZuuDDKP0.html), he acknowledge the collaboration issue in maths and he believes Machine assisted proofs might get large collaborations come closer. Have a nice day!

No, but interacting with other mathematicians is often very painful. In fact, lack of social skills and ability to conversate normally are very common in my own experience

Yeah from my experience they're weird and difficult to speak to. Even when I was doing it for 10 hours a day for my masters I noticed that it became more difficult to speak to people because my brain is living in this strange and abstract world

And not all socialists are anti-Math.

Same man. I am a chemist, did a PhD. I am leaving it all aside to study mathematics. Hope you take also the path. Only one life, remember.

I'm in math and one of my classmates came after her studies in medical school.

It's cool to see people from other fields so interested in math whilst also bearing some establishments in their own!

As do I, and I can definitely see where she's coming from. If you work in academia as a mathematician, it can be a very lonely endeavour whether you're an extrovert or not. There are lots of careers where you can use your maths phd to good effect and be a part of a team, but very few where you'd explicitly claim to be a 'mathematician'.

maybe u should have taken up functional analysis, people there are much happier overall.

What about being good at both. As a Persian and Arabic language expert I know many geniuses of these languages are also a great astronomers I mean mathematicians who writes poetry in spare times as hobby but now they are famous for their hobbies rather than their actual work.

hated math in primary school for this reason. Loved math at university for the same reason. It's the same with Comp Sci. Knowing the histories of how advancements were made really helps the material stick

@@andrewpascal6096 The very worst depiction of math and physics was that horrid TV show _Big Bang_ where it was all just magic that only loser guys had. When you really explore the historical origins of, e.g., Galileo and how he came by his discoveries, you feel spoken to, involved. Math and physics become human then. Throughout K-12 you just get math like circus animals learn circus tricks, i.e., rote conditioning.

I always said "Doing maths, solving problems is like writing an argumentative essay in a formalized language."

That later child, Logic, attempted a "reverse takeover" of the parent subject in the person of Russell and Whitehead's Principia Mathematica (1910 -13). Did it work? That's a matter of personal choice.

@@faithlesshound5621 Logic is big with comp-sci.

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NewCanadianTurtle I don't understand your statement, how does studying along with Asians in the Class made you fail in your exams, I mean you performance depends on your hardwork which is in your hands..... And studying along with Asians who are smarter than you is actually a blessing in disguise as it is a good source of motivation..... I think you should be more positive. PhD Math.

Novantix Oh gosh I haven't updated since 2015... I'm 26 now and will probably complete it by next year

@@chandrapandey822 are you doing maths bro ?I hope I have friends to discuss math with ?

European exchange students also say that American high school classes are really easy, so even if they had been average students at home they were top of the class in the US: except in sports, where the American kids were streets ahead. The problem is that high school kids in the US may "graduate" while 1 or 2 years behind their contemporaries in other countries.

Mathematics is a skill that can be learned, the ones that excel are the ones who fell in love with the subject at a young age. I've always loved maths and got good grades in it, but I know I can become a much better mathematician because I don't work anywhere as hard as I can. The top mathematicians are studying 24/7, it's a lifestyle for them. If you dedicate as much of your time to it as they do, you can become a top mathematician too. And yes many find it harder than others, but I think it's because from a young age they didn't get taught the right way.

​​@@McFlashh Thank you for the comment. You said it is a skill and most people that are good at it start at a young age. Is 20 considered young? I do have an interest in it but I don't work as well as I would like to and that is something I'm working on I'm currently in third year second semester of something I'm studying for the sake of going to college (Human physiology) and I would like to change to mathematics (like I don't mind at all when it comes to the time) but my funds is limited. However, my biggest fear is not being smart enough From my experience in college, I got to know that not everyone is the same and more hard work is needed for some of us to get by. Thing is this is mathematics, not like physiology that is more of memorization and that's why I'm scared I know you don't know me but would you reckon hard work can go (I'm more that willing) For history - In my secondary school, this is silly but I fluctuated. Some days I'm the best in class other days well not so much. I'm using free time I have to study Trig and calculus cause Trig was hell for me (Even in first year college) and I've never done any calculus. I didn't even know there was a calculus until decided to up my math knowledge just for the sake of it. I use free time to study math Would going into math be a bad idea?

Lets work together, I am also trying to figure it out

@@TheOnknk I wanna figure out too

@@TheOnknk You guys figured it yet?

​@@vnever9078no but I found thousands of ways how not to become one, which I think we can still publish

I wanna figured it out

Women are pushed by society to be the caretakers and to be interested in people, while men are often encouraged to pursue interests in "things". Career choice is heavily influenced by external factors like societal pressures and opportunities granted when growing up.

Clearly, you did.

Oh shut up. Individuals are allowed to make their own decisions. I'm a female mathematician, GFY. Also, *you're too busy, not your. This is why there are so many dumb men, you worry too much about putting other people down.

A casebook example of sexism folks right here. Attitudes like yours keep misogyny alive and thriving. Women aren’t a hive mind, we are not hysterical and so “emotionally fragile” that we can’t do math or science or other STEM related things. Do you know who wrote the first computer code? Ada Lovelace, a lady over 100 years ago.

@@badanieMMP Isn't it remarkable that even amid a significant epidemic, men continue to lead? Men possess the ability to work regardless of their emotions. How a man feels doesn't impact his obligations to his work or family. In general, a man can feel lonely, heartbroken, downtrodden, and unnoticed by society, yet still continue to work and find joy in doing so. If men started prioritizing their feelings over their duties, the economy would halt. The world would stop. Infrastructure would cease. Men's issues cannot be resolved by simply discussing their feelings. While it may be therapeutic, it doesn't result in tangible change. Even Freud acknowledged that discussing feelings is a more feminine approach. Men prefer to solve problems directly. There shouldn’t be competition, because we’re different beings with different capabilities. It’s never going to be even, and no amount of social change is going to make it level.

@@Im_Really_Jesus_4realMen do not "possess the ability to work regardless of feelings", they have simply been conditioned to by society. Men are not fundamentally better leaders or innovators or anything else and women are not fundamentally better at expressing emotions and feelings. Instead, it's people like you who reinforce the societal structures already in place that prevent equal representation in fields like STEM. I suggest you read up on more contempory social theory and not just stick to Freud.

There are more female STEM graduates than men nowadays .....