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Anyone else read Mathematica by David Bessis?

Snagged this one recently and his hypothesis seems to jive with these findings.

He suggests that really doing vs math is a largely intuitive process that is then fact checked by logic later on. School, in his view, tends to do the logic side and ignores the intuitive which leads a lot of people to think they’re bad at math especially since they don’t get to practice the intuitive side that many people feel is reserved for those who are just good at math.

Real great read tho. I’ve been working my on intuitive math since then and have found it to be a great experience.



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