Math guy

I think this is partially true. It depends on the kid. Some kids like competition and the camaraderie of being on a team. Being on a high school baseball team can be fun and have positive effects on your life even though it will almost certainly not advance your career (since you won't be a professional baseball player). Competition math team can be similar.

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When a middle or high school teacher has a bright math student, and the teacher directs them towards competition math, it's usually not because that's the best option for the student. Rather, it's the best option for the teacher. It gives the student something to do while creating minimal additional work for the teacher. Competition math problems generally don't require students to learn new fields of math. Rather, the difficulty comes from students needing to find clever tricks and insights to arrive at solutions using the mathematical tools that they've already learned. But if you look at the kinds of math that most quantitative professionals like rocket scientists and machine learning researchers use on a daily basis, those competition math tricks show up rarely, if ever. What does show up everywhere is university math level subjects like linear algebra, multivariable calculus, differential equations, and calculus-based probability and statistics. Given that most students who enjoy math end up applying math in some other field as opposed to becoming pure mathematicians, it would be a lot more productive for them to get a broad view of math as early as possible so that they can sooner apply it to projects in their fields of interest.

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@SidKhurana3607 @mathsci411 @singlwm parlez francais

Random late-night trivia: As late as 1970, a majority of residents in the Lafayette, Louisiana metro claimed French as their mother tongue. Overall numbers were: 52.1% French 42.4% English 5.5% Other/Not Reported

@singlwm World Cup Final, 3-3 tied after regulation and extra time. Argentina wins 4-2 in the penalty shootout. Messi scored twice. Mbappe scored 3 times. Greatest soccer game I've ever watched as it happened.

@mathsci411 yea for real also wtf are we talking about

What an unbelievable game!

@BeltBetX @AltcoinDaily I guess we have to buy as much btc as possible as highly leveraged as possible now...

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Jim Cramer says "everything is not fine" with #bitcoin.. people need to get out.

@BeltBetX @Austen It's 3. We learned that in grad school.

@Austen @mathsci411 🤔

OK but what’s the answer

@BeltBetX @mean_field_zane Some truth to it. Obviously a broad generalization.

@mean_field_zane @mathsci411 true?

When the theorems have Greek names, they’re elementary. When they have French names, they’re getting interesting. When they have German names, you’re taking a college class. When they get British names, you’re taking a graduate-level class. When the theorems have American names, you’re in for extreme difficulty. When the theorems have Japanese names, you’re cooked.

@BeltBetX @justinskycak Sort of. It's definitely easier to get an A in the courses they list. However, for an advanced pure math course, it's probably similar.

@justinskycak @mathsci411 true?

It’s a lot easier to make progress by continuing into more advanced subjects (e.g. calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, etc.) and layering on top of your content knowledge than it is to make progress improving your performance in competition math.

@LuchadorWWFTX @rastokke @AlexKontorovich Totally agree

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Math is a skill— like music or sports. Yet somehow, it's treated it differently. We’d never accept anti-practice attitudes in other domains, so why do we tolerate it in math? Here's @AlexKontorovich talking about this in my latest podcast episode. Link to full episode below.

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@LuchadorWWFTX @Yuchenj_UW Very interesting...

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DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve just broke an 18-year-old math record, twice in one week! Terence Tao: "It is tempting to simplify this to a zero-sum narrative of "winners" and "losers", but I think it is great that different approaches can complement each other here to make mathematical progress." We often talk about AI replacing human jobs, but what's actually happening is: AI + humans are creating a new paradigm for progress in technology and science.

@LuchadorWWFTX @WSI_YouTube I haven't been following it as closely lately. Heavyweight division is somewhat interesting when they actually have a fight with the top guys. Jones versus Aspinall should be a great fight (if and when it actually happens).

@WSI_YouTube @mathsci411 Thoughts? I'm not sure who the current big stars are.

Has anyone else pretty much given up entirely on UFC in the last couple of years? It's been so many years of churning out content - quantity over quality - that I don't know who anybody is anymore and I've lost interest. 2025 UFC has been especially forgettable.

@LuchadorFTX @_SatanWatch @rhetornick I've seen it translated as "superessential," which makes more sense to me.

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Did you guys know that the word "daily" in the Lord's Prayer is a wild-guess translation of a Greek word found nowhere else but in the Gospels, and no one actually knows what it means???

@LuchadorFTX @kyledhamilton_ Teddy? He was the youngest president and was into wrestling, judo, and boxing. Lincoln was also a damn good wrestler and was 6'4". They could knock Taft's fat ass out.

@kyledhamilton_ William Howard Taft. Too big for other presidents to throw over the top rope. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court too. This is like being World Champion and Intercontinental champion, great accomplishment. 🏆 🏆

Not tryna be political but if all 45 presidents were in a Royal Rumble who would win?

@LuchadorFTX @Y2K_mindset Sorry to hear that he didn't get it. If I go by Barnes and Noble, I will give him my condolences.

@Y2K_mindset @mathsci411 dude is looking for a philosophy job at ULL

Someone asked me my thoughts on Husserl and I have to admit that I always think of this 4chan post every time Husserl comes up

@LuchadorFTX @ShamsCharania @nguyenjames Worst trade in NBA history! I still can't really believe it's real.

@ShamsCharania @mathsci411 hilarious 😂😆 @nguyenjames

Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis is expected to miss multiple weeks with a left adductor strain, sources tell ESPN. His absence could stretch to a month.

@LuchadorFTX @ScottiePippen @djf1ngerbang @jbitoun @chipsservant Couldn't win a ring without MJ... What does MJ say about bitcoin?

@ScottiePippen @djf1ngerbang @jbitoun @chipsservant listen to Scottie. Count the rings, bro

You think Bitcoin is expensive at $100K? I see it as dirt cheap in a $900 TRILLION world of assets. A $10M price per $BTC isn’t a dream... it’s destiny.

I'm a member of an Antiochian Orthodox Church. I have not found it too difficult to integrate. A majority of the church are American converts and most of the liturgy is in English. The Middle Eastern members of the church have been friendly and welcoming as well. (My sponsor is from Lebanon).

@PageauJonathan What do you think is the youngest age that a child would enjoy the book?

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Amazing that this happened recently!

@LuchadorBTC @Fightful Nice! Will integrate them into my street fighting strategy.

@Fightful @mathsci411 these moves work, for reals

UFC Fighter Michel Pereira fights with a pro wrestling moveset.