myrmepropagandist on Nostr: nprofile1q…xkz2m I strongly suspect that *everyone* even those most alienated from ...
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I strongly suspect that *everyone* even those most alienated from mathematics not only understand the concept that:
A->B is not equivalent to B->A
But, I think most people must use this idea to navigate the world, to make arguments and inferences. So, that means there is something about the abstraction, the formalizing, the cultural conventions of mathematics that makes it seem like they don't get it in math.
I strongly suspect that *everyone* even those most alienated from mathematics not only understand the concept that:
A->B is not equivalent to B->A
But, I think most people must use this idea to navigate the world, to make arguments and inferences. So, that means there is something about the abstraction, the formalizing, the cultural conventions of mathematics that makes it seem like they don't get it in math.