Tristan Needham

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Criticized a narrow formal view of mathematics, likening studying it as symbol manipulation to studying music without hearing a note, emphasizing the intuitive aspect of mathematics.

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Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition | Lex Fridman Podcast #222

Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition | Lex Fridman Podcast #222

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Criticized a narrow formal view of mathematics, likening studying it as symbol manipulation to studying music without hearing a note, emphasizing the intuitive aspect of mathematics.