One of the differences between exploring an idea quantitatively with math/simulations as opposed to qualitatively is that the number of interesting subtleties to consider explodes very quickly.
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Replying to @vgr
I honestly wish I knew math. I think I was sick in middle school for two weeks when they were teaching functions and nothing made sense after that
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan @vgr
hmm. i’ve never had a compelling reason to learn.
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Replying to @spiderfoods @QiaochuYuan
It’s the only way you can actually think for yourself imo... I don’t trust people who haven’t learned mathematical thinking
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Replying to @vgr @QiaochuYuan
It feels like learning a dead language, like Latin. Good for an appreciative view of things, not really instrumentally relevant. Maybe I just feel left out of the cool kids’ club. dunno
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I guess nobody’s ever explained to me what I can do with math that I can’t do with computers without trying to Charisma me about some kind of ultimate beauty or something. Open to pitches.
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“There is no royal road to mathematics.”
It’s nobody’s job to explain or pitch math to you, and you’ve chosen an uninteresting instrumental attitude to math that stifles any diy curiosity. Your loss. 
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Replying to @vgr @QiaochuYuan
Feels like we’ve reached “agree to disagree” point
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Replying to @spiderfoods @QiaochuYuan
Yes that’s generally where you’re forced to stop without math
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