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I feel like it's often easier to learn concepts from equations. The betterexplained articles are so wordy and contain so many analogies (some of which are leaky
by plaguuuuuu 11y ago
I feel like it's often easier to learn concepts from equations. The betterexplained articles are so wordy and contain so many analogies (some of which are leaky abstractions) that there's all this noise around the core concepts. Equations cut away all of that noise. And it's not like I'm some huge maths nerd; I've always found language and philosophy far easier to learn than mathematics.
Oddly enough, I find betterexplained much more useful when I have already grasped the core concepts, because it does a great job of connecting to other concepts.
- kalid 11y agoThanks for the feedback! I see the articles as a supplement to the formal description people usually have in hand when they are googling for help :). For the succinct formal definition I definitely recommend Wikipedia or Mathworld.
- twobits 11y agoIt may be just me, but I hate learning concepts from equations. IMO, no one ever woke up one day and said, let's have P, Q, Ω, and Φ. (Or whatever they are.) Most probably they started with: Can I win this card game, and I have these cards?