RE: What are your overall opinions on people who are idiots in math?
October 17, 2022 at 8:19 am
I considered myself bad at math. I joined the English program to study with William Harrison, John Clellon Holmes, and Lewis Nordan. Along the way, I took enough philosophy classes for a minor, including symbolic logic I and II. After years of teaching, I took a summer job as control systems technician that became my profession. I soon learned that logic and language had made me a programmer.
Five years later, I was a technician doing the job of engineer. So, I went back to school. Though I had a rough start with calculus, it came together because physics showed my how it was applied. That pattern continued. Linear Algebra was my favorite. Learning Laplace Transform and Fourier Analysis was easy after that.
Doing math for math's sake at 18 was too much. Doing it for electrical engineering at 32 was still hard, but doable.
Five years later, I was a technician doing the job of engineer. So, I went back to school. Though I had a rough start with calculus, it came together because physics showed my how it was applied. That pattern continued. Linear Algebra was my favorite. Learning Laplace Transform and Fourier Analysis was easy after that.
Doing math for math's sake at 18 was too much. Doing it for electrical engineering at 32 was still hard, but doable.
