1.) I think that therein lies the reason it's not more popular. You can achieve the same things in other formalisms but GA generally makes the most sense to me.

1.) I think that therein lies the reason it's not more popular. You can achieve the same things in other formalisms but GA generally makes the most sense to me. Simplification to the point of obviation is a big win for me. 2.) Diversify. I picked it up because I felt like I can mold this better for my problems than LA. And I'm more about publishing code than publishing papers. So I care more about making it "my own" than explaining things to people. 3.) Coincidentally Lie algebras are also easier in GA. Look at this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/E8Petrie.svg/180px-E8Petrie.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/E8... and don't tell me that the symmetries seem more circular than linear.