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buybuydandavis comments on Interesting critique of British education by outgoing advisor (warning: some politics) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 14 October 2013 10:59:13AM 0 points [-]

One of the most interesting parts of Science and Sanity (Alfred Korzybski, Map is Not the Territory originator) was the analysis of mathematics and physics, and in particular "On the Semantics of the Differential Calculus".

A better and more intuitive way to talk about Calculus, IMO.