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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 October 2010 09:43:44AM 1 point [-]

Actually, there's quite a bit to learn from here and enjoy without the math. I might be better off if I knew more math, but meanwhile, I skip the equations and a lot of the more technical discussions.

To judge by my karma (steady upward creep, average somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 point per post, very few downvotes as far as I can tell), I'm participating adequately.

I'm guessing you meant "read math and science", not "eat math and science".

There's a comment or link with what looked like a very good description of how to approach math problems in general. Anyone remember it?

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 October 2010 06:39:03PM 1 point [-]

Thanks, but none of those seem to be it. The thing I remember is specifically about how to approach a math problem.