Re:A Zero-Math Introduction to Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods
by lamename on Friday December 22, 2017 @03:20PM
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I agree with your point. I'm not a programmer or mathematician, but I enjoy learning math that's new to me.
But when my brain tries to learn math I haven't seen before, I usually can't extract intuition from the formula alone (compare this article with Wikipedia math pages). Short of playing around with the equations, I get a better understanding from articles like this when the topic is still new to me. There's less inertia to understand something like this, so I learn faster.
I don't think of math as a monster, but I appreciate simplification. The title is a bit click-baitey though.
But when my brain tries to learn math I haven't seen before, I usually can't extract intuition from the formula alone (compare this article with Wikipedia math pages). Short of playing around with the equations, I get a better understanding from articles like this when the topic is still new to me. There's less inertia to understand something like this, so I learn faster.
I don't think of math as a monster, but I appreciate simplification. The title is a bit click-baitey though.