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1. strideashort · 1789986487 · focus · HN ↗

   We need to pivot math towards intuition and accessibility.

   Math has built a gated, inaccessible institution which - by design or not - served as a moat.

   I believe math has little to do with mathematical notation - intuition is much more important. One can have intuition but not be able to “read math” - much as many musicians don’t “read music”.

   Reading math however does not guarantee ideas or intuition. And those are what math needs.

   1. dr_dshiv · 1789989095 · focus · HN ↗

      Brett Victor’s essay will resonate, if you haven’t read it yet. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worrydream.com&#x2F;KillMath&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worrydream.com&#x2F;KillMath&#x2F;

      (Attn: pls read more than the title before you downvote)

      1. oliculipolicula · 1789992452 · focus · HN ↗

         &gt;The power to understand and predict the quantities of the world should not be restricted to those with a freakish knack for manipulating abstract symbols.

         With powerful tools of the type Bret envisions, humans, in aggregate, might have a chance of staying ahead of LLMs at even frontier math..

         (But maybe that wouldn&#x27;t fare so well against future world-models, who knows)

         here might be something to point those tools at--- if one isn&#x27;t fixated on &quot;predictions&quot;, or &quot;real world&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;fec8qSBiM4k" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;fec8qSBiM4k

      2. broken-kebab · 1789996216 · focus · HN ↗

         So this guy has been &quot;killing math&quot; since 2011. The inevitable question: where are achievements, success stories, anything at all?

         1. dr_dshiv · 1790010187 · focus · HN ↗

            &quot;explorable explanations&quot; are big! google it, you are in for a treat.

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