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There’s a great book on Mathematical Cranks where one of the recurring themes is that the intuition must always be correct, and anything that seems counterintui
by Isamu 4y ago
There’s a great book on Mathematical Cranks where one of the recurring themes is that the intuition must always be correct, and anything that seems counterintuitive is abhorrent and must be wrong.
- actionablefiber 4y agoI think this is an okay belief to have if you approach it from the bottom up instead of the top down. If something is counterintuitive, then you shouldn't write it off as a hacky asterisk in your head, you should improve your understanding of the domain in question so that it becomes intuitive.
- Isamu 4y agoAgreed that intuition can be useful, same as making a guess or going with your “gut feeling”. A crank turns that useful but possibly misleading thing into a crusade where truth is being suppressed by the establishment.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoThey must *hate* the Monty Hall Problem.