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We’re saying much the same thing, it’s just that I find your and GP’s use of the absolute “pretty awful” to be hyperbolic and something of a loss of perspective
by Myrmornis 8y ago
We’re saying much the same thing, it’s just that I find your and GP’s use of the absolute “pretty awful” to be hyperbolic and something of a loss of perspective. Remember what we have here: a free, actively maintained, accurate, comprehensive and advanced corpus of expository writing on mathematics. Adjectives that are missing there are “intuitition-rich”, and “helpful for undergraduates”. I do understand if you are disappointed with it. As noted, I (undergrad level) don’t approach it with an expectation that it will be my favorite reading on a topic.
- pvg 8y agoWe’re saying much the same thing No. something of a loss of perspective. You'd have to provide some alternative perspective or argument that goes beyond 'pretty awful sounds kinda mean'. Remember what we have here: a free, actively maintained, accurate, comprehensive and advanced corpus of expository writing on mathematics We already have a few of those. As I mentioned, mathworld is far better at this and it's been around longer than Wikipedia.