Comment by jamil7
2 years ago
We use math in all kinds of professions and in everyday life, it's a perfectly valid way of explaining the concept I think.
2 years ago
We use math in all kinds of professions and in everyday life, it's a perfectly valid way of explaining the concept I think.
To other mathematicians, sure. To programmers, definitely not.
So only mathematicians use math to explain concepts?
The actual example in the article isn’t that great but my point is generally it’s a valid way to explain or demonstrate something. That’s part of the reason we learn it.
> So only mathematicians use math to explain concepts?
No, only an audience of mathematicians grasp concepts explained exclusively with maths.
Why do you find this surprising? It's no more surprising than "Only an audience of carpenters grasp concepts explained exclusively with joinery terms".
Would you, with a a straight face, make the claim that explaining something using terms like "Cheek", "Mortise & Tenon", "long grain", "Dado" and "Birdsmouth" is a valid way to explain something unrelated to carpentry?
Why then claim that using mathematics terms to explain something unrelated to that specific maths is a good idea?
I mean, this article is a good example: not only does the article get the maths wrong, the maths involved is unrelated to what it the article is trying to explain.
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