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Had a laugh about that too. It’s sometimes hard to tell what’s »non-technical« when you’ve spent a lot of time on something, and even then what it means to be »
by quchen 4y ago
Had a laugh about that too. It’s sometimes hard to tell what’s »non-technical« when you’ve spent a lot of time on something, and even then what it means to be »technical« depends a lot on the audience. Non-technical here means knows basic math but is not familiar with measure theory; it does not mean _anyone_.
I like that they added my favorite math joke in their (linked at the very top) limited audience jokes section [1] (bottom left, starts with »Two mathematicians are in a bar«), which is also a about what basic math knowledge is.
[1]: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LimitedAudienceJokes.html https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LimitedAudienceJokes.html
- yellowapple 4y ago> Non-technical here means knows basic math but is not familiar with measure theory; it does not mean _anyone_. I guess "knows basic math" is relative; I tend to draw the "basic" line at "it's required for a high school diploma or GED", but I suppose I can blame my country's education system for that bar being much lower than what mathematicians seem to assume :)