Will_Sawin comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Sawin 14 June 2011 08:07:05PM 1 point [-]

I should say:

No one believes in the $L^1$ norm. There is only Nietzsche, who believes in $L_\infty$, and utilitarians, who believe in the integral.

In this thread: people using mathematics where it doesn't belong.

I suppose. It's a more efficient and fun form of communication then writing it out in English, but it loses big on the number of people who can understand it.

Comment author: orthonormal 14 June 2011 11:37:55PM *  1 point [-]

No one believes in the $L^1$ norm. There is only Nietzsche, who believes in $L_\infty$, and utilitarians, who believe in the integral.

Yes, that's what I should have written.