Do not imagine that mathematics is hard and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealization of common sense.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Mathematics is not a foreign or difficult language but a refined version of everyday logic.
- In plain terms
- Math is just common sense made precise.
- What can you take from it?
- Approach math as an extension of intuition.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does math reflect everyday logic?
- When does math feel alien to intuition?
Another view
Some math does become counterintuitive beyond basic levels.
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