shminux comments on Open Thread, January 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 04 January 2013 12:43:06AM *  1 point [-]

There is a mindset prerequisite. Some people get forever lost/bored the first time the book talks about valid mathematical statements as well-formed finite strings of symbols.