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> Mathematics produces not only a body of results, but also understanding, clarity, and judgment among the communities of mathematicians who have shaped them, often in the context of their own autonomously guided research. This expert knowledge is essential, both to effectively use mathematics, and to continue to articulate new and significant research questions.

In a word, the job of the mathematics department is not only to produce mathematics, but mathematicians.

Similarly, the output of programming is not only a program, but also a programmer. It is you.

Outsourcing the work deprives you of who you become by writing it.

parent andai 5 months ago

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