@St_Rev @themattsimpson Studies have found that teaching the non-std framework to intro calc students wins, but people refuse to switch.
@themattsimpson @Meaningness Points w/blobs around them are easier to think abt than epsilon-deltas if your brain works a certain way.
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@Meaningness @themattsimpson Well, it's QWERTY keyboards all over again, right? -
@St_Rev @themattsimpson Yes, high school/undergrad calc teachers don't want to retrain on a superior system. Fuck 'em -
@St_Rev @themattsimpson Yeah, famous among NSA fans!
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@St_Rev @themattsimpson I find non-standard analysis way more intuitive than e-d. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_analysis … -
@Meaningness @themattsimpson Yeah but doing NSA right requires some heavy-duty non-constructive topology. Screwed either way. -
@St_Rev @themattsimpson But almost no one even gets taught cauchy seq or dedekind cuts, so it's handwaving anyway.
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