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.
This reads well enough as a platitude, but what do you actually mean?
How is mathematics gated and inaccessible? How do you specify mathematics without notation or some language? What intuition do you mean, as many mathematical ideas are non-intuitive?
strideashort · · focus · HN ↗
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.
bmitc · · focus · HN ↗
How is mathematics gated and inaccessible? How do you specify mathematics without notation or some language? What intuition do you mean, as many mathematical ideas are non-intuitive?