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Re:Why does e to pi i equal -1? (2015) [video] by vinchuco on Sunday February 12, 2017 @09:56PM (#13632812)
Richard Feynman used to go up to people all the time and he'd say "You won't believe what happened to me today... you won't believe what happened to me" and people would say "What?" and he'd say "Absolutely nothing".

I agree wholeheartedly with the quality assessment of 3blue1brown videos. All mathematics should be clear and intuitive, by definition :)

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Re:Why does e to pi i equal -1? (2015) [video] by dvt on Monday February 13, 2017 @12:29AM (#13633322)
> All mathematics should be clear and intuitive, by definition :)

I disagree with this completely, and so does all of higher mathematics. It's neither clear nor intuitive. In fact, as soon as you start learning about infinities (Calc I), intuition becomes hit and miss.

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Re:Why does e to pi i equal -1? (2015) [video] by CN7R on Monday February 13, 2017 @02:04AM (#13633614)
Intuition always comes after the feeling of awe or confusion, in my opinion. Really depends on how you learn.
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