Why Study Math? - How About Solving Rubik's Cube?

So you think that math does not teach you things like solving Rubik's cube? Then think again. My ability to figure out the 3x3 cube lies not so much in my inherent brilliance but because my mathematical training taught me how to problem solve and to figure out things that without such training, I would never have figured out, or even attempted. Not that the Rubik's cube is as difficult as the Einstein Field Equations, but with 43 quintillion possibilities, it is certainly no walk in the park either. Mathematics helped train me to tackle this brain buster.

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