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math as a plot device is difficult as anything other than a macguffin, and then even if you did manage to create a popularized understanding of a concept, the b
by motohagiography 3y ago
math as a plot device is difficult as anything other than a macguffin, and then even if you did manage to create a popularized understanding of a concept, the backlash about calling it misleading, and to discourage people from reading it, would overpower it.
its why you dont write music for people who make music, there are too few of them to bother pleasing and most will just talk about how you dont know what youre doing and their own basement project is superior. the dearth of mathematical fiction could also be attributed to successful writers knowing better than to write for insufferable readers.