kpreid comments on The scourge of perverse-mindedness - Less Wrong

95 Post author: simplicio 21 March 2010 07:08AM

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Comment author: kpreid 21 March 2010 08:03:02PM 2 points [-]

Do you really assert that it is more often used incorrectly (that the fact is not actually obvious)?

Comment author: wnoise 23 March 2010 01:22:53AM 8 points [-]

I assert that it ("obviously" in math) is most often used correctly, but that people spend more time experiencing it used incorrectly -- because they spend more time thinking about it when it is not obvious.

Comment author: CronoDAS 21 March 2010 08:11:33PM 3 points [-]

No, I guess not.