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> This is a really bizarre article. They seem like they want to describe the math. But they can't bring themselves to do it in a way that might be helpful. They
by twic 6y ago
> This is a really bizarre article. They seem like they want to describe the math. But they can't bring themselves to do it in a way that might be helpful. They're just waving words around.
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- mabbo 6y agoI think it depends on the author. It's hard to distill math and science down to something that the science-interested layman can understand and enjoy. I find Natalie Wolchover's[0] writing to be pretty consistently good, for example. [0]https://www.quantamagazine.org/authors/natalie/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/authors/natalie/