Re: Quantum mystics

On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:14:19 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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... I was ok with mathematics in school until we started
on calculus. I could not, and still cannot, understand concepts such as
"vanishingly small".

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Calculus is to arithmetic what astrology is to astronomy.

Interesting electronics is nonlinear. I recall some college professor
mumbling about solving nonlinear differential equations but it wasn't
encouraging.

Having some gut-level feeling for integration and differentiation and
diff equations and initial conditions and control theory is good, but
Spice can do the actual work.

I taught a course once on dynamic systems. The final assignment was to
write a Basic program to simulate refilling a toilet tank after a
flush. Surprisingly, everybody got it right.