Geometrical Thinking Offers a Window into Computation

Re:Geometrical Thinking Offers a Window into Computation by xtiansimon on Thursday April 08, 2021 @08:18AM (#26737792)

> "A clustered representation ... Sherry Choi/adapted from Bernardi et al. 2020"

Why do the authors (of any scientific papers) use a 3-D representation for their diagram? Why are the axis not labeled? It is unclear to me the same diagram could not be constructed in 2-D. Kind'a fluffy.

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Re:Geometrical Thinking Offers a Window into Computation by seesawtron on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:39AM (#26739264)

I think it is not the original figure from the paper but a sketch adapted for general audience? The publishers are now starting to ask scientists to engage audience by "simplified" plots/sketches and keep detailed accurate plots for close community.

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Re:Geometrical Thinking Offers a Window into Computation by xtiansimon on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @08:44AM (#26806274)

> "The publishers are now...'simplified' plots/sketches.."

In fact simplified plots are not new, but rather a common ignorance. On the flip side the "close community" frequently demonstrates their own conceit in their diagrams by frequently failing to go just a small distance more to label their axis. /RANT

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