From childhood, I’ve needed to understand the abstract principles first, so I can organize the specifics in my mind. When teaching, I have to remind myself that this is unusual, and insert examples early.https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1096092737290391552 …
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Replying to @Meaningness
Very easy in math to get lost in misapprehended abstractions that turn out to be meaningless when you try a numeric example. Consider Abel trying to solve quintics, or anyone learning algebra in 19th C, or Haskell programmers today. So quite surprised by Weinstein's comment.
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Replying to @_Srijit
I’m not very good at math, so I don’t have much sense of that. His experience there was quite different from mine.
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