matheme

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by matheme 10mo ago
"Can I enter your gate?" "In order to enter this gate you must know what this symbol means." "I am unfamiliar with that symbol." "Well, I expect you to learn what it means before I allow you to enter
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by matheme 10mo ago
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
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by matheme 10mo ago
You must be correct, because this interaction is completely devoid of any confusion between the two people attempting to communicate clearly.
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by matheme 10mo ago
> a bunch of operations. Sorry, the notation is bit confusing. The 'A' here is a matrix.
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by matheme 10mo ago
I was calling you a gatekeeper rather than notation, but feel free to keep stuffing that man with your straw. The sentence I called out, independent of the article's content: "You expect the players of the game to learn the rules
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by matheme 10mo ago
> If the idea is that the right notation will make getting insights easier, that's a futile path to go down on. I agree whole heartedly. What I want to see is mathematicians employ the same rigor of journalists using abbreviations:
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by matheme 10mo ago
> What they are missing is that the notation is the easy part. This is so wrong it can only come from a place of inexperience and ignorance. Mathematics is flush with inconsistent, abbreviated, and overloaded notation. Show a child a mat
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by matheme 10mo ago
My entire being is anthithetical to this type of gatekeeping. > You expect the players of the game to learn the rules before they play. TFA is literally from a 'player' who has 'learned the rules' complaining that the
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by matheme 10mo ago
> Venkatesh argued that the record on this is terrible, lamenting that “for a typical paper or talk, very few of us understand it.” > "few of us " You see, if you plebs are unable to understand our genius its solely due to