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A comment on Marvin Minsky: What makes Mathematics hard to learn?.

Re:Marvin Minsky: What makes Mathematics hard to learn? by henning on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @04:58PM (#134619)
Because it takes a genius to explain it in the simplest, clearest way possible.
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Re:Marvin Minsky: What makes Mathematics hard to learn? by hhm on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @05:16PM (#134631)
I "half" agree. It doesn't take a genius, but it surely takes a lot of effort, intention and of course, some intelligence too. Without those, there is no way you can teach maths, or history or anything else without making them boring and stupid.
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