Scott Aaronson on Mathematics

From Luke’s recent interview of Scott Aaronson (theoretical compsci guy at MIT, who blogs here):

Things like linear algebra, group theory, and probability have so many uses throughout science that learning them is like installing a firmware upgrade to your brain — and even the math you don’t use will stretch you in helpful ways.

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