I was fully expecting to be triggered by this article. I was pleasantly surprised to find I was not. I think there is definitely something to it, if there is

I was fully expecting to be triggered by this article. I was pleasantly surprised to find I was not. I think there is definitely something to it, if there is far more begging of the question that we can strictly define any field. Something that is largely not true. Our categories and topics in schools are affordances made to make it easier to teach and to learn. To that end, what is it to write, but to have imaginary conversations with others about a topic. Communication through written material, then, is largely sharing of these imaginary communications with others. Some of the sharing is so that others can take part in the conversation. Some is so that they can critique the conversation itself, regardless of how imaginary it was. Math easily fits there. The critiques go over not just if the idea was communicated, but expands to offer if it agrees with a lot of other rules we have added. And note that sometimes it doesn't, necessarily, while still being valuable!