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> (and motivated) Look, that's the important part, right? If I wanted to learn the material, I could. But I'm not really interested in learning the material ri
by Twisol 4y ago
> (and motivated)
Look, that's the important part, right? If I wanted to learn the material, I could. But I'm not really interested in learning the material right now, or following the arguments exactly. It's a great article when you're in that mindset.
Quanta, I don't have to be ready to learn the material. I can get a little awareness of what's going on, I don't have to follow specific arguments over a series of paragraphs -- it's news, not lecture. Sometimes that's what I need, to keep aware of what's going on without having to learn it straight up.
I'm a fan of channels like Mathologer and 3B1B, so I'm no stranger to sitting down and following a lovely argument all the way through. I just object to the idea that Quanta is serving the same need as this article and doing a worse job. I just think it's serving a different need altogether.