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What's the most exciting development happening in your field of work/study at the moment? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by christophski to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What's something happening in your field of work or study that you think could really change things in the future?

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[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In maths, we are excited about new things even if they seem to have absolutely no practical value or application. Sometimes, things become important later on, like prime numbers, which have been studied just for fun for centuries, and are now the backbone of encrypted communication.

So the only reason why this exciting is because nobody did it before.

[–] christophski 2 points 1 year ago

I love that attitude