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   by mungal 4y ago

   I’ve seen this sort of reactionary response in mathematics and music as well. When talking to a musical educator complaining about struggling students just starting out I’ll say “I found it extremely helpful to paint the C major scale on my
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   by mungal 4y ago

   I made sure to say “outreach” stead “education”. I think it’s a paradox to say “you need to be fully educated on a subject to engage with an explanation intended for lay people”.
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   by mungal 4y ago

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor
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   by mungal 4y ago

   I wonder if we’re in agreement? The key word is ‘numerical’. Maybe you’ve yet to see or do numerical analysis of both general relativity and quantum field theory but they are in fact both linear algebra. Which as you point out is “fundame
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   by mungal 4y ago

   I’ll add to this to give an example of someone who I feel is doing a great job of satisfying this very request in the field of mathematics: Timothy Gowers. His yt channel is an excellent resource of theoretical understanding through numeric
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   by mungal 4y ago

   Sabine’s niche seems to be a confident cynicism or learned skepticism and is a much appreciated addition to the space. I like Sabine’s personality and the fact she stands in defiance of the status quo of scientific outreach, namely my two l
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   by mungal 4y ago

   The spurious "I'm just asking questions..." style rhetoric and a link to an embarrassing study leaves me unsure why this is the top comment on an article about gut microbiome? The first study, the one which _narrator_ attempt