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We sure as fuck aren't going to have 6th graders try to evaluate aethetics of whatever the fuck he was talking about there
It's a completely different piece from Lockhart's Lament
>>1. Read the intro:
Most research mathematicians neither think deeply about nor are terribly concerned about either pedagogy or the philosophy of mathematics. Nonetheless, as I hope to indicate, aesthetic notions have always permeated mathematics.
I shall similarly argue for aesthetics before utility.
Nothing is said about 6th graders.