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How to Use Math in the Real World
I think that very often when we use math, what's happening is that someone has looked at the world and noticed some kind of recurring pattern. Then they go on to write down some math which can be used to describe that pattern in a different way. And so I think of this as kind of a repeating process happening again and again. That's the idea of thinking abstractly and being able to just throw away things which aren't important. Just picking out what's essential is really key.