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We did try it. We tried it for a couple of millenia. It was much harder to understand and our collective mathematical output as a human species was much slower
by jordigh 2y ago
We did try it. We tried it for a couple of millenia. It was much harder to understand and our collective mathematical output as a human species was much slower than it is now.
Shorthand is better.
- card_zero 2y agoNo, I don't believe you. Mathematicians love inaccessibility.
- fujinghg 2y agoIt's not that. You know when you go to a foreign country, ask for a particular thing in a restaurant proudly in their language that you picked up on Duolingo the week before and the waiter starts talking to you quickly in their language and you lose it completely. We are just that waiter. You didn't learn the language or get the prerequisite skills. So do that or don't bother. It's not easy and there are no shortcuts.