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There is one corner of math that does have a replication crisis. Just as we compare programming languages by how "ergonomic" they are to learn and use, mathemat
by ocschwar 5y ago
There is one corner of math that does have a replication crisis. Just as we compare programming languages by how "ergonomic" they are to learn and use, mathematicians do come up with novel notation systems to try to improve the ergonomic state of their field, and since "ergonomics" is another way to say "esthetics", and is proved or disproved by user testing, that is where replication gets hard.
The inventor of category theory's wiring diagrams, for example, has claimed that he could get middle schoolers to understand them. I suspect that success has not been replicated.
- mlyle 5y ago> The inventor of category theory's wiring diagrams, for example, has claimed that he could get middle schoolers to understand them. I suspect that success has not been replicated. Maybe I should try. I like category theory and I am a middle school teacher and like teaching electives on improbable things :D