Mathematical is useful for modern life. There is:
- Game theory – for dating
- Obstruction theory – for when you ask government for something
- Braid theory – for doing your daughter’s hair
- Distribution theory – for trying to manage a budget
- Invariant theory – for dealing with death
- Chaos theory – for raising a family
But don’t despair you Arithmophobes
No knowledge of any of these subjects has actually helped anyone deal with the practical problems of life
Except managing a budget
Which is stubbornly a mathematical thing
In the end
