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"For example, math has some very high-level/generic explanations, and curiously, I find them more understandable." That's because math always "goes straight to
by gngeal 14y ago
"For example, math has some very high-level/generic explanations, and curiously, I find them more understandable."
That's because math always "goes straight to the point". There's nothing but the raw substance in it.
- kryptiskt 14y agoWhen I read math, I really like some motivating examples before digging into the definitions and theorems. For me, concrete examples makes it way easier to grasp abstract concepts.
- raverbashing 14y agoOh, I agree, sometimes it's too generic =) Especially if you don't know the names used in the description. The problem is that I can't stand explanations that would go like this if it was explaining Math: "So, we have a natural number, that is 2, 7, or 34232345 and by the way they're all integer numbers as well, also they are rational numbers as well, oh and there's equation you can do with them, but ok, so you can sum those numbers, etc" I'd rather go with "This turns the natural numbers (N, +) into a commutative monoid with identity element 0,"
- unconed 14y agoI find the best analogy is with optimized code. It's not like you're deliberately obfuscating it, but still, in trying to write it as succinctly as possible, some of the information has gotten lost.