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DWol  ·  4375 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: [pdf] The Nonsense Math Effect

I think people just assume that if they can't understand it, it must be of some higher level which they can't comprehend, and is therefore automatically of higher quality. Nobody (or at least very few) instantly doubt that which they don't understand, especially in mathematics.