Many fascinating reply threads! “How to actually do math” is taboo for some reason; there’s almost nothing written about it. You have to get the secret oral transmission. Can we use the interwebs to break that code of silence?https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1190039312794079234 …
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Nice thread. It is funny how I can kind of "feel" different differential operations when looking at an equation. Gradient, divergence and curl have a their unique sensations - though this is also concretely true in physics sense.
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I find the verbal explanation in math almost nonsensical. Some people seem to be fine with it, but I want my equation written on paper.
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i always thought of my role as a mathematician (aborted years ago) as a conduit between the unknown abstract and the warm human mind world
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Great thread. Doing math feels good (ha ha) because it separates the body form the "story." It is the circulation of energy without emotional/desire content stuck 'in the body.' (1/2)
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Writing my last book was like opening a window into a cloud that was floating around me and above me. The cloud was the book already written, I was just pulling stuff out and putting it into worded structures. This is a description of Daoism's Golden Elixir...
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