Movies & TV Would you rather...

[Headless]

... be really great at maths, or be really great at the trombone?

 

[Bluelegs]

Maths

 

[Headless]

Maths

Thanks. Thread locked.

 

[Headless]

Proper Gander Bluelegs

 

[Bluelegs]

Trombone

 

[Proper Gander]

Trombone

You made the wrong decision about maths or trombone.

By being very good at one of these and by definition you are innately gifted at the other, but being good at the other doesn’t necessarily translate to thriving at the other. So you should capitalise by selecting the one that brings the most gifts (subject to application) across both skills which allows you to pick your area to soar.

A very good musician is by definition innately good at maths. Music is entirely mathematics, and playing music is the realisation (physics) of the innate ability to understand very complex equations and recognise and translate the emotions maths can invoke.

Somehow it doesn’t work the other way. My Godmother’s husband is a genius mathematician recognised in the field across the discipline worldwide. A few years back I met up with him there was a huge conference with international attendees to recognise his lifetime achievement at the University of Melbourne.

He is this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Baxter

The dude is one of few that I have met that is entirely tone deaf. So much so that he doesn’t even realise it.

 

[Proper Gander]

What do you think, Toump Ass ? Accomplished mathematician or accomplished musician? What’s your pick?

 

[Bluelegs]

You made the wrong decision about maths or trombone.

By being very good at one of these and by definition you are innately gifted at the other, but being good at the other doesn’t necessarily translate to thriving at the other. So you should capitalise by selecting the one that brings the most gifts (subject to application) across both skills which allows you to pick your area to soar.

A very good musician is by definition innately good at maths. Music is entirely mathematics, and playing music is the realisation (physics) of the innate ability to understand very complex equations and recognise and translate the emotions maths can invoke.

Somehow it doesn’t work the other way. My Godmother’s husband is a genius mathematician recognised in the field across the discipline worldwide. A few years back I met up with him there was a huge conference with international attendees to recognise his lifetime achievement at the University of Melbourne.

He is this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Baxter

The dude is one of few that I have met that is entirely tone deaf. So much so that he doesn’t even realise it.

 

[Proper Gander]

You don’t just earn a like for finding a gif, legs

 

[Bluelegs]

You don’t just earn a like for finding a gif, legs

Headless I think this thread should be locked again.

 

[Proper Gander]

Headless I think this thread should be locked again.

I think we should put it to Toump Ass

And if he disagrees then I’ll establish a panel to work through it

 

[Yakker]

I’d just like to be good at retaining my bag

 

[Toump Ass]

What do you think, Toump Ass ? Accomplished mathematician or accomplished musician? What’s your pick?

Mathematician 100%

At this stage of my life, I'd take anything that could provide an income lol.

Also, while making music is my dearest hobby, I don't think you actually need to be a skilled musician to do it. As a listener, I like things that are kind of wrong, naive, out of key or out of time or whatever, anything broken and ****ed up. Approach, and taste are more important than skill I think. So I don't really have a reason to be a musician. I think if I was going to have an artistic talent I'd like to draw. I'm getting better every day though!

 

[Toump Ass]

Unless we're talking about the trombone sorry, in which case I'll go trombone.

 

[Bluelegs]

Mathematician 100%

At this stage of my life, I'd take anything that could provide an income lol.

Also, while making music is my dearest hobby, I don't think you actually need to be a skilled musician to do it. As a listener, I like things that are kind of wrong, naive, out of key or out of time or whatever, anything broken and ****ed up. Approach, and taste are more important than skill I think. So I don't really have a reason to be a musician. I think if I was going to have an artistic talent I'd like to draw. I'm getting better every day though!

I'd like to change back to maths.

 

[Bluelegs]

Would you rather be really good at calligraphy or bee keeping?

 

[Bluelegs]

Proper Gander, your thoughts?

 

[Proper Gander]

Proper Gander, your thoughts?

Calligraphy I think.

Not that I’ve got anything against honey but I’m nervous (panic-stricken) around bees, wasps, spiders, cockroaches, moths, spitfires, slugs, rhinoceros, tigers, snakes, toads and pinecones.

I can’t hang out washing because Ive convinced myself there is a nest of European wasps in the peg basket

 

[Proper Gander]

Mathematician 100%

At this stage of my life, I'd take anything that could provide an income lol.

Also, while making music is my dearest hobby, I don't think you actually need to be a skilled musician to do it. As a listener, I like things that are kind of wrong, naive, out of key or out of time or whatever, anything broken and ****ed up. Approach, and taste are more important than skill I think. So I don't really have a reason to be a musician. I think if I was going to have an artistic talent I'd like to draw. I'm getting better every day though!

What kind of income are you hoping for as a mathematician? Basic bookkeeping? Government job in finance or treasury? Doing people’s tax returns? Tenured university professor? Small business? Forensic data interrogation? Cryptocurrency trader?

There’re a lot of options.

 

[Bluelegs]

Calligraphy I think.

Not that I’ve got anything against honey but I’m nervous (panic-stricken) around bees, wasps, spiders, cockroaches, moths, spitfires, slugs, rhinoceros, tigers, snakes, toads and pinecones.

I can’t hang out washing because Ive convinced myself there is a nest of European wasps in the peg basket

Interesting.

Toump Ass, your rebuttal.

 

[Proper Gander]

Interesting.

Toump Ass, your rebuttal.

How can he rebut that? Everyone is scared of pinecones

 

[Proper Gander]

As a listener, I like things that are kind of wrong, naive, out of key or out of time or whatever, anything broken and ****ed up.

Nothing wrong with that - and you have to be musical to recognise music as being wrong, naive, out of tune or broken.

Otherwise you would just register noise

 

[Proper Gander]

Would you rather post on BF your weight or your height?

 

[Bluelegs]

Would you rather post on BF your weight or your height?

Great question.

 

[Proper Gander]

Great question.

No attempt at body shaming, but for anyone who refuses to respond they will have to accept that people may assume the worst