[spacemanmatt]

I feel like we have a better definition of math than we do of art. Thus it's a lot easier to accurately declare a thing is not math, than it is to accurately declare a thing is not art.

[eimrine]

Do you have any better definition of math then "that what mathematicians do"?

[curt15]

William Thurston described mathematics as part psychology [1].

[1] https://mathoverflow.net/a/44213

[Burner7799]

Surely that is the best definition possible?

Defining is what humans do.

To ask for a better definition of “defining” seems like a dead end question.

Perhaps asking why humans do what they do yields better answers?

[eimrine]

> Surely that is the best definition possible?

Obviously the best one which has appeared in this topic.

> Defining is what humans do.

Some computer programs can do defining also, so I do not recommend you to go to some fields of an absurd.

> Perhaps asking why humans do what they do yields better answers?

I think the answer will be "because they can", but I have asked HN just. Let's see, what answers will this question yield? [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31457736