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Yes, that will really pull in the laymen...

• nvader 2y ago
  Reminds me of the mathematician who was asked how he mentally visualizes a 4 dimensional space. "I simply imagine an n-dimensional space, and then set n to 4"
  • homebrewer 2y ago
    >>> After Hilbert was told that a student in his class had dropped mathematics in order to become a poet, he is reported to have said "Good--he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician" https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Hilbert.html https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Hilbert.html
  • golly_ned 2y ago
    Reminds me of Geoffrey Hinton who, when asked how to imagine a 14-dimensional space, said: “imagine a 3-dimensional space, and say ‘fourteen’ very loudly”
    • esperent 2y ago
      This is great, can't believe I haven't heard it before.