I have a PhD in economics, so I’ve taken a lot of math. I also have Aphantasia meaning I can’t visualize. When I was in school I didn’t think that anyone else could visualize either. I really wonder how much better I would be at math, and how much better I would have done in math classes, if I could visualize.
Last time I did math was when teaching game theory two days ago. I put a game on the blackboard. I wrote down an inequality that determined when there would be a certain equilibrium. Then I used the rules of algebra to simplify the inequality. Then I discussed why the inequality ended up being that the discount rate had to be greater than some number rather than less than some number.
I have a PhD in economics, so I’ve taken a lot of math. I also have Aphantasia meaning I can’t visualize. When I was in school I didn’t think that anyone else could visualize either. I really wonder how much better I would be at math, and how much better I would have done in math classes, if I could visualize.
Right, so my question to you is, how do you do math?? (This is probably silly question, but I’d love to hear your humor-me answer.)
Last time I did math was when teaching game theory two days ago. I put a game on the blackboard. I wrote down an inequality that determined when there would be a certain equilibrium. Then I used the rules of algebra to simplify the inequality. Then I discussed why the inequality ended up being that the discount rate had to be greater than some number rather than less than some number.