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Every field does this trolling in some form. The sentence "The proof is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader." should be familiar for everyone who stud
by anon_123g987 4y ago
Every field does this trolling in some form. The sentence "The proof is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader." should be familiar for everyone who studied Math.
- mattkrause 4y agoIn that vein, this spoof captures the experience of reading a Springer "Introductory" textbook: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2022/05/20/every-springer-math-text/ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2022/05/20/every-sprin...
- gweinberg 4y agoHey, I'm reading a Springer book now, and it's not so bad. It's humbly titled "All of Statistics", and I think I understand at least 2/3 of it. So far.
- mattkrause 4y agoDoesn't count--it's got a purple cover :-)
- anon_123g987 4y agoNah, it's standard engineering procedure: https://i.imgur.com/rKPe0Av.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/rKPe0Av.jpeg
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