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A comment on Marvin Minsky: What makes mathematics hard to learn? (2008). Parent comment

Re:Marvin Minsky: What makes mathematics hard to learn? (2008) by Double_Cast on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @11:55AM (#10974341)
The real trick is nothing more than the distributive property.

  (2)(16) = (2)(15 + 1)
"Mathematical properties" are just hacks that become popular because they generalize. [0]

[0] http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/03/03/do-life-hacks-ever-reac...

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