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This! I always find it curious how computer scientists end up rediscovering things known for decades, and then get all hyped about it ...

Doxin 4y ago
I figure it's because math people aren't great at communication with people outside their domain. Point in case being Wikipedia articles on math being absolute gobledygook to non-math people.
- godelski 4y ago
  To be fair, I can't get computer scientists to read any math books. But I don't think this is quite odd. The only people I know that go out and read math books are mostly (current or former) mathematicians or physicists (which a random sprinkling of others). I'm not sure it is exactly mathematicians faults that your third grade teacher impressed upon you that math is hard and useless.
  - Doxin 4y ago
    I don't think math is hard or useless, thank you very much. However if I'm programming a game and want to project a point onto a line I'd prefer to not get told by math folks that I first need to learn all of linear algebra before they can get their solution explained to me. I'm not stupid, I understand plenty of math, I'm just not steeped in the jargon.
    - godelski 4y ago
      I feel like you're responding as if I attacked you. I'm not sure why. Maybe it was the comment about not being able to get CS people to read math books but you do? I don't mean that statement in an absolute way (there's no absolutes) but rather as a general case. Of course there are CS people that read math books. It is just my experience that the majority aren't interested in it and I don't think this is an uncommon experience. If you're different, good for you, but don't take general statements personally. I'm not calling you stupid nor am I saying you don't have an interest in math. You're an individual person.
      - themenomen 4y ago
      - Doxin 4y ago
        "I'm not sure it is exactly mathematicians faults that your third grade teacher impressed upon you that math is hard and useless." doesn't exactly strike me as a general statement, but perhaps I overreacted.

Doxin 4y ago

I figure it's because math people aren't great at communication with people outside their domain. Point in case being Wikipedia articles on math being absolute gobledygook to non-math people.

godelski 4y ago
To be fair, I can't get computer scientists to read any math books. But I don't think this is quite odd. The only people I know that go out and read math books are mostly (current or former) mathematicians or physicists (which a random sprinkling of others). I'm not sure it is exactly mathematicians faults that your third grade teacher impressed upon you that math is hard and useless.
- Doxin 4y ago
  I don't think math is hard or useless, thank you very much. However if I'm programming a game and want to project a point onto a line I'd prefer to not get told by math folks that I first need to learn all of linear algebra before they can get their solution explained to me. I'm not stupid, I understand plenty of math, I'm just not steeped in the jargon.
  - godelski 4y ago
    I feel like you're responding as if I attacked you. I'm not sure why. Maybe it was the comment about not being able to get CS people to read math books but you do? I don't mean that statement in an absolute way (there's no absolutes) but rather as a general case. Of course there are CS people that read math books. It is just my experience that the majority aren't interested in it and I don't think this is an uncommon experience. If you're different, good for you, but don't take general statements personally. I'm not calling you stupid nor am I saying you don't have an interest in math. You're an individual person.
    - themenomen 4y ago
    - Doxin 4y ago
      "I'm not sure it is exactly mathematicians faults that your third grade teacher impressed upon you that math is hard and useless." doesn't exactly strike me as a general statement, but perhaps I overreacted.