Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Darwin suggests mathematics enhances perception similar to a new sensory capability.
- In plain terms
- Doing math feels like gaining a new sense.
- What can you take from it?
- Mathematics expands how we perceive patterns.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does math change your thinking?
- What other subjects feel like new senses?
Another view
It is a metaphor that may not hold for everyone.
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