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Comment author: FAWS 25 March 2011 12:30:25AM *  4 points [-]

I expect a high probability of this explanation being completely useless to someone who professes being bad at math. Their eyes are likely to glaze over before the half way point and the second half isn't infinitely accessible either.

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 25 March 2011 01:22:43AM 0 points [-]

I have to agree that a shorter explanation with just words in it would be bettter for someone with significant aversive math conditioning.