That's how people used to view "imaginary" numbers...and the field of complex analysis laid dormant for 200 years. When a valid geometric interpretation was fou

That's how people used to view "imaginary" numbers...and the field of complex analysis laid dormant for 200 years. When a valid geometric interpretation was found that backed up the algebraic existence of these numbers, the field blossomed. We're humans, we can't understand equations without knowing what they "mean."