Vladimir_Nesov comments on A Proof of Occam's Razor - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 12 August 2010 08:33:54AM 5 points [-]

We need merely a norm to tell people to stop, not a magic way of explaining math faster than possible. Also, more realistic timeline for grokking (as opposed to parsing) deeper concepts is months, not days, and that's if you are smart enough in the first place.