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"The power to understand and predict the quantities of the world should not be restricted to those with a freakish knack for manipulating abstract symbols." ht
by rileyphone 4y ago
"The power to understand and predict the quantities of the world should not be restricted to those with a freakish knack for manipulating abstract symbols."
http://worrydream.com/KillMath/ http://worrydream.com/KillMath/
- mr_toad 4y agoMost people can’t do more than the simplest derivations in their head, the symbols are just a notational placeholder, and also used to communicate with others. The abstraction is the what you have to have a knack for, not the symbols themselves.