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Re:Kill Math by jpdoctor on Saturday February 25, 2012 @09:58AM (#3633047)
> When most people speak of Math, what they have in mind is more its mechanism than its essence. This "Math" consists of assigning meaning to a set of symbols, blindly shuffling* around these symbols according to arcane rules, and then interpreting a meaning from the shuffled result. The process is not unlike casting lots.*

Wow, sounds like someone doesn't really understand math.

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Re:Kill Math by deadsy on Saturday February 25, 2012 @10:06AM (#3633061)
Brett Victor is very accomplished. I'm pretty sure he understands math. Personally speaking if Brett Victor had a different opinion about something than me than I'd pay careful attention, because I'm probably missing something.
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Re:Kill Math by rhizome on Saturday February 25, 2012 @02:22PM (#3633621)
jpdoctor is a bomb-thrower, your words fall on deaf ears.
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Re:Kill Math by lukev on Saturday February 25, 2012 @10:26AM (#3633109)
That's precisely his point. The "UI" for math obfuscates what it's actually about. Math is full of purity and simplicity, but the notation and algorithms we start out teaching kids are anything but.
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