PopularOctober 27, 2005 12:11 am
I was chatting with a law lecturer, when the conversation somehow turned to mathematics, and he started to express that he wouldn’t mind teaching it.
My parting words to him:
“Well, mathematics and law aren’t that much different after all!”
He stopped in his tracks.
“Is it?”
I wasn’t expecting him to question me, and I didn’t know how to answer.
“For some reason, I somehow sense a link connecting the two, but I can’t quite place it now. I’ll let you know if it becomes clear!”
Law and math. Math and law. Hmmm….
They both rely heavily on logic?
That’s the best I’m able to come up with so far. Oh well…
Both are a headache to students. Whahaa
Comment by cielru — October 27, 2005 @ 9:41 am
that’s cos most teachers don’t know how to teach them well.
Comment by tinkertailor — October 27, 2005 @ 9:51 am
Both require you to prove, rely on facts…then I don’t know what else.
Comment by smee — October 27, 2005 @ 11:08 am
Both subjects are convoluted monsters disguised as “easy and logical gifts” to the innocent students.
Comment by anon — October 27, 2005 @ 3:59 pm
Both can get you a job in investment banking. Strange but true.
Comment by Tan Kok Seng — October 27, 2005 @ 4:31 pm
smee: i like your point. proof. using logic to prove stuff.
Comment by tinkertailor — October 27, 2005 @ 4:57 pm
Calculation of facts, deduction, theories, the way there is a formula to most things (in the aspect of law, for instance, the way you can figure out who the criminal is by his modus operandi), predicting the trends, and of course the way the truth is often a very distinct and inevitable point despite the complication machinations surrounding it.
Did that make sense? Haha.
Comment by sarah — October 28, 2005 @ 9:49 am
only way i see the two being similar is in the way they both apply clear cut laws to get a solution, both usually have one right and one wrong answer and no gray areas between.
Comment by resolute — November 19, 2005 @ 1:23 pm
“both usually have one right and one wrong answer and no gray areas between.”
i disagree.
the easiest to counter is “one wrong answer”. i would think that everything that’s not the right answer would be the wrong answer?
Comment by tinkertailor — November 19, 2005 @ 1:27 pm