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I meant it more as an assessment of the state of affairs, not as an ad hominem (I have no opinion about the people at all). IMO the crackpottery is impossible t
by ajkjk 4mo ago
I meant it more as an assessment of the state of affairs, not as an ad hominem (I have no opinion about the people at all). IMO the crackpottery is impossible to ignore, and if you don't talk about it everyone feels like they're going crazy. It's a very widely-noticed thing that is distinct and bizarre compared to other parts of math.
- cherryteastain 4mo agoCrackpot really has connotations like "flat earther" and "aliens built the pyramids". It's one thing to say "I believe GA proponents' claims regarding the usefulness of the geometric product are overstated". It's another to say "GA proponents are crackpots".
- ajkjk 4mo agoWell, I said "sound kind of crackpotty", not "are crackpots", about the reputable writers. My point (ish) is that I would really like it if the non-crackpot GA writers would try a lot harder not to sound like crackpots! It is a real issue. I've never seen writing in any other field of math which so frequently strays into sounding unhinged. (Referring mostly to Hestenes + the Cambridge group here.)