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    • CommentAuthortheojf
    • CommentTimeSep 5th 2010
     

    I feel like MO has already had plenty of questions that are isomorphic to http://mathoverflow.net/questions/37794/how-do-you-go-about-learning-mathematics , although I don't feel like hunting some down. I do think that MO should have one or two questions in this direction, but not too many. In the short term, my approach is simply not to abstain from the actual question.

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    It seems like about 1 in 10 soft questions address aspects of this question:

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/35880/how-to-escape-the-inclination-to-be-a-universalist-or-how-to-learn-to-stop-worry

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/15901/what-does-it-take-to-run-a-good-learning-seminar

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/19356/how-has-what-every-mathematician-should-know-changed

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/33033/how-much-reading-do-you-do-before-you-attack-a-problem

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/24526/good-papers-books-essays-about-the-thought-process-behind-mathematical-research

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/4499/cures-for-mathematicians-block-as-in-writers-block

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/12638/taking-lecture-notes-in-lectures

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/26892/how-do-you-find-out-the-latest-news-in-fields-other-than-your-own

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/9799/how-much-work-does-it-take-to-be-a-successful-mathematician

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1812/learning-new-mathematics

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/25624/source-of-wisdom-on-how-to-improve-the-ratio-of-time-feeling-fulfilled-to-time-fe

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/451/advice-on-doing-mathematical-research

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/5139/how-have-mathematicians-been-raised

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/34215/how-do-professional-mathematicians-learn-new-things

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/28686/what-would-be-good-to-know-before-starting-my-undergraduate-studies-to-become-a-g

    http://mathoverflow.net/questions/3951/memorizing-theorems
    • CommentAuthorbbischof
    • CommentTimeSep 5th 2010
     
    From that list it appears that many people on MO find math difficult, and when frustrated with some aspect of it, they look for support from those who have braved the fires... Who knew?
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    When you're weary / Feeling small / When tears are in your eyes / I will dry them all / But probably not on Math Overflow

    • CommentAuthorbbischof
    • CommentTimeSep 5th 2010
     
    :)
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    @Yemon: That reminded me of:

    Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown / and things seem hard or tough / and people are stupid, obnoxious, or daft / and you feel that you've had quite enough...

    • CommentAuthorKevin Lin
    • CommentTimeSep 6th 2010 edited
     

    When the day is long / And the night, the night is yours alone / When you're sure you've had enough / Of math, well hang on

    • CommentAuthorbbischof
    • CommentTimeSep 6th 2010
     
    This has evolved into possibly the strangest meta discussion ever.
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    Have you ever wondered what's inside that keeps us together?
    Have you ever wanted to take that knife and discover?
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    @Bryan: No, I have a saved copy of the strangest meta discussion ever (or at least the funniest). It was deleted, so I saved the page for posterity.

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