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Mathematician argues future math needs out-of-the-box thinking

Original: The mathematics of the future will benefit from out of the box thinking, which is sometimes not closely aligned with aca

A mathematician argues that the mathematics of the future will benefit from unconventional, out-of-the-box thinking that does not always align closely with academia. As an illustration, they describe a phone bug that left them with half a million contacts for years; they chose not to fix it because apps trying to read the address book gave them an unusual research playground to explore.

Why now: The anecdote about a glitch turned into a research opportunity is amusing and resonates with debates about whether academia leaves room for unconventional exploration.

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• The mathematics of the future will benefit from out of the box thinking, which is sometimes not closely aligned with academia. A bug left my old phone with half a million contacts for years. However, I did not fix it because I discovered that apps trying to read the address… · hvc@mathstodon.xyz · 3

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