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> but there really is no "deeper truth" here. I disagree, I do think there's a deeper truth. It seems to me that you have already internalized and understood
by naringas 6y ago
> but there really is no "deeper truth" here.
I disagree, I do think there's a deeper truth.
It seems to me that you have already internalized and understood it very well; that is the goal.
would you at least agree that there's beauty here? and this notation does make it more apparent; or as you say "could have some meaning pedagogically"
- qsort 6y agoThe thing is that ultimately notation isn't that important, what matters are the formal concepts at play (and to develop an intuition on how to manipulate them, if you're learning). If this can help students "see the light", then sure, but I'm not entirely sold on the idea that the notation is actually the hardest part. This is similar (with a different twist) to the various ideas going around that we should stop using base 10 and think in hexadecimal. It might be better in some absolute sense, but it's not something it's worth spending any energy into. I'm just not sure I see much from this, but obviously I'm not the "intended target", so please take this with a pinch of salt.
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- alisonkisk 6y agoNotation is extremely important for humans. That's why math notation is used instead of the extremely wordy sentences that were used centuries ago.