I just told them to learn some things which are entirely within their capability to learn, so that they can think about the topic they were talking about, without thinking nonsense.
It shouldn’t take more than a couple hours (possibly under an hour to get the ideas I was referring to), and knowing basic linear algebra is good for a person.
If I was blunt, it is because I dislike misinformation, and highly value mathematics. Perhaps I’ve even warped my view of things in a way that makes me feel that someone understanding mathematics is a terminal moral good? Which, if so, is probably an error on my part.
I just told them to learn some things which are entirely within their capability to learn, so that they can think about the topic they were talking about, without thinking nonsense.
It shouldn’t take more than a couple hours (possibly under an hour to get the ideas I was referring to), and knowing basic linear algebra is good for a person.
If I was blunt, it is because I dislike misinformation, and highly value mathematics. Perhaps I’ve even warped my view of things in a way that makes me feel that someone understanding mathematics is a terminal moral good? Which, if so, is probably an error on my part.