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A comment on Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's lectures on physics?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le... by kooshball on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:59PM (#21351122)
disagree here. you're judging society on the most naive ranking a student would give. in an ideal world you can optimize for the perfect amount of understanding and imperfect leaps for each student to best address long term understanding and success.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le... by lkesteloot on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:53AM (#21352251)
You're right that in principle it's possible. But say you were a great teacher, and knew that clear teaching was worse than imperfect teaching. Could you actually make your lectures less clear on purpose?
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