Comment on i oscillate between the 2

TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• First_Thunder@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Wait, why is the second one bad, just another Wikipedia article on algebra. Sure funny joke oh wait that’s not Wikipedia”

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If you can believe it, that’s relatively tame for their coverage of mathematics.

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    • First_Thunder@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The article on zero is just nuts hahaha

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    • First_Thunder@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I mean, the algebra article itself doesn’t seem terrible, just somewhat wrong, but with what seems to be a somewhat ok explanation of how equations work

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      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        This is what a competent encyclopedic treatment of algebra looks like by comparison. The other algebra article fucks up from the jump, because the goal of an encyclopedic treatment of algebra is not to teach someone the mechanics of solving a handful of elementary algebra problems (you can as a small aid, but making it nearly the entire article is failing the assignment completely).

        It’s to cover what algebra is, its various subfields, its history, its applications, its relationships to other parts of math, etc. Covering algebra encyclopedically by offering a mediocre Algebra I tutorial is like covering internal combustion engines encyclopedically by making the entire article a short guide on how to change the oil in your car; it’s asinine.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  ow

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