My first math insight was when as a kid I was thinking about Pi and realized it applied equally to all sizes of circles. I know, obvious. But to me it wasn’t obvious until it became obvious, and then the whole world shifted and I “got” WHY math was so important to science and the natural world. I was dancing around in amazement and told some people about my incredible insight, but they just shrugged and said “yeah, that’s how it works.” Ah, the frustrating experiences of childhood!
What is really cool is that is non repetitive not unlike infinity. Both are purely mathematical concepts. Isn’t the human mind wonderful?
I know what you mean. My birth town is 12,000 miles from where I live now, but a tunnel through earth would be only 4000 miles long haha.
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