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VoiceOfRa comments on Open thread, Nov. 02 - Nov. 08, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 10 November 2015 12:41:25AM 4 points [-]

My point isn't just that they are really weird, but that people think about mathematics in an extremely heterogeneous way

Heterogeneous compared to what? It's a lot more homogeneous then how people think about nearly any other subject.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 11 November 2015 07:58:58PM *  0 points [-]

I suppose I will defer to your expertise on how people think about everything, Eugene.