I don't really know what to say here. This topic came about today, because I had successfully programmed a change of base program into my calculator, and then during Physics, absolutely struck out on solving a pretty easy (in hindsight) problem. Sometimes in math, you succeed, and others times, you just crash and burn. I find in fascinating how the "little" things are the stuff that screw you up the most in problem solving. One simple "oh..that's minutes, not seconds" can just provide enough facepalms for a lifetime. And sometimes, that one small thing is the epiphany and leads to you save the world (I wish.).
For example, in my change of base program, there's a lot of logic required, and being able to run through every step of the program in your head can be very infuriating, and confusing at times. I, for some reason, just can't program while, for, and loops in my calculator, so I'm constantly using Goto loops and If then statements. That complicates things a bit, but it does provide me with some fun logic problems.
Overall, I guess what I've learned from doing math, is that, it's a process. It's not something you can figure out in a second, or in a lifetime. It's about having the problem in your subconscious, and methodically hitting that problem with different angles, until the epiphany occurs. And when that happens, math becomes absolutely beautiful and magical.
I don't really feel like posting a video today, so just look up a random Nigahiga video, and call it a day.
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