IlyaShpitser comments on Is Scott Alexander bad at math? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 18 May 2015 08:58:07AM *  0 points [-]

no one computes closed form integrals

???

Telling him that the statistics that he grapples with is "not real math" is not helpful.

Not sure how you got this from the OP. Scott's relationship with stats is, as far as I am concerned, evidence he's not nearly as bad at math as he says.