Reduction of variables; excessive simplification in mathematics
(and in theoretical physics) is fundamentally problematic, imo.
I'll be 43 in 8 days (yay me). At 11, I got my first computer. I
was in Pre-Algebra. I taught myself programming at home. I also
learned Math at school.
They're much different.
I watch in bewilderment as I was supposed to cancel out
variables to "simplify". So, in my mind, I just kept track of
the variables, as I would have in a BASIC program at home. I
mentally replaced the 2x with a "for x=1 to 2: x=x+x: next x"
and thought in terms of processes rather than functions.
