JoshuaZ comments on The Best Textbooks on Every Subject - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SanguineEmpiricist 15 April 2015 12:50:25AM *  1 point [-]

How can baby rudin possibly be recommended in almost all use cases there is something better -_-, less wrong is supposed to give good advice not status-signaling type.

Rudin = Bourbaki and I thought we were anti-bourbaki here

Alternatives: Abbot & Bressoud combo(has mathematica code), Pugh, or Strichartz's book(the one patrick says is good)

Comment author: JoshuaZ 15 April 2015 02:13:42AM 0 points [-]

Echoing Hairyfigment here, what is wrong with Bourbaki?

Comment author: SanguineEmpiricist 15 April 2015 02:39:31AM *  1 point [-]

not meant for learning except for stuff like lang, conversations like this deserve a thread. sleep apnea related sleep deprivation is hitting me so i will update this later with more info

if less wrong is to have any aesthetic imo we should be able to keep mathematical orientations like this, i'm interested in Eliezer's opinions on this