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"Can I enter your gate?" "In order to enter this gate you must know what this symbol means." "I am unfamiliar with that symbol." "Well, I expect you to learn what it means before I…

Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

You must be correct, because this interaction is completely devoid of any confusion between the two people attempting to communicate clearly.

> a bunch of operations. Sorry, the notation is bit confusing. The 'A' here is a matrix.

I was calling you a gatekeeper rather than notation, but feel free to keep stuffing that man with your straw. The sentence I called out, independent of the article's content: "You …

> If the idea is that the right notation will make getting insights easier, that's a futile path to go down on. I agree whole heartedly. What I want to see is mathematicians employ…

> What they are missing is that the notation is the easy part. This is so wrong it can only come from a place of inexperience and ignorance. Mathematics is flush with inconsistent,…

My entire being is anthithetical to this type of gatekeeping. > You expect the players of the game to learn the rules before they play. TFA is literally from a 'player' who has 'le…

> Venkatesh argued that the record on this is terrible, lamenting that “for a typical paper or talk, very few of us understand it.” > "few of us " You see, if you plebs are unable …