There is a point where one starts to see "behind" the symbols. It's a strange sensation, as if one could understand the ideas in a non-verbal way. The symbols become optional. Intimidation crawls back before curiosity at this point.
An amazing book on the subject is:
"Hadamard - The psychology of invention in the mathematical field"
Exactly.
/speculation
There is a point where one starts to see "behind" the symbols. It's a strange sensation, as if one could understand the ideas in a non-verbal way. The symbols become optional. Intimidation crawls back before curiosity at this point.
An amazing book on the subject is:
/speculation