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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 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 agoI 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.