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I just watched the first 8 out of 12 episodes and I was disappointed. There were certainly a couple good nuggets but I'm afraid that Masterclass puts too much e

I just watched the first 8 out of 12 episodes and I was disappointed. There were certainly a couple good nuggets but I'm afraid that Masterclass puts too much emphasis on making things simple such that he spends most of the time talking about really simple ideas.

calf 5y ago
Is there anything there that you wouldn't learn in the process of college-level STEM classes?
- pas 5y ago
  Tao said that they assumed no math knowledge, not even high school math. So .. um, absolutely no. It's probably a nice story/narrative involving a famous mathematician. It's probably a nice watch, but not for the math value :) Basically the math equivalent of all those quantum-blackhole-stringtheory videos from the last ~20 years.
Victerius 5y ago
Is Masterclass any different from TED?
maroonblazer 5y ago
Have you seen the EdX course Effective Thinking Through Mathematics (free) [0]? I really enjoyed it and found the principles really do transfer beyond the domain of math, as the title suggests. The production values are nowhere near what you get with Masterclass (thus, why it's free) but the content can't be beat. [0]https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:UTAustinX+UT.9.10x+3T2016/home https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:UTAustinX+UT.9.10x...
- mohanmca 5y ago
  Thanks! I like the book "5 Effective Thinking Book", will give a try!