The Art of Mathematics in Chalk

Re:The Art of Mathematics in Chalk by RamblingCTO on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:49PM (#26927769)

I still think chalk boards are superior due to the feeling and aesthetics. I had a chalk board of 2qm at home but got rid of it after leaving uni. I have white boards in the office and at home, and it's still superior to the Samsung Flip we also have, but nothing is even close to chalk boards. Not sure why. Feels down to earth? You feel more connected to the medium? I'm wondering how much of it is nostalgia (we had chalk boards in school) and how some of the next generations would see it. But the pencils still smell funny and the black colour of the pencil on your hands still sucks.

Now I want a chalk board again. So aesthetically pleasing, damn.

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Re:The Art of Mathematics in Chalk by agumonkey on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:44PM (#26928144)

I think physical stimuli is undervalued in cognition. The more we feel about something we like the deeper it goes. Reductionism is not an improvement for this part of human life.

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Re:The Art of Mathematics in Chalk by RamblingCTO on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:55PM (#26947222)

Oh absolutely. I still have a personal and a work notebook (pen + paper). Although I journal digitally as well, I feel it goes deeper and feels more committed when writing it on paper than digitally. It doesn't feel like just dumping whatever comes to mind.

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Re:The Art of Mathematics in Chalk by kkylin on Saturday April 24, 2021 @07:46PM (#26929192)

I like the friction of chalk-on-blackboard; somehow I write better with it than on white boards. For the same reason, I prefer pencil to pen on paper, and both to an Apple Pencil on an iPad (though the latter is what I mainly use these days because it's easier to share with people).

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Re:The Art of Mathematics in Chalk by RamblingCTO on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:56PM (#26947236)

That's still an open topic for me, having a proper digitising process somehow. I tried the apple pencil a few months ago for a few weeks, but it's just too expensive for a fancy notebook. While studying it would be nice though.

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