> I'm not sure how far you could take math if you treat equality as meaning "exactly the same"; it seems even middle-school math requires understanding that that's not the case.
I honestly didn't mean that in a rude way, more like a "hey dude, be careful how you're coming across here, as there may be things you don't understand." I read the above phrase as describing a mathematician's work as something a middle schooler should already know. But I take back what I said. I'm all good, everyone's good, I think there was just a misunderstanding here.
In the same vein, I don't see how you could read my message as needlessly insulting, as I thought it was pretty softly worded. But I guess that's the nature of written communication. I think you should have given me the benefit of the doubt, just as I should have done for the original poster.
I didn't get that impression at all. Rather, you came across as needlessly insulting. Why add that sentence, even if you thought so?! "Be kind."