>Mathematically, an n-dimensional space is R^n, that is, the cross product of the real numbers (R) with itself n times. Each copy of R lets you specify a number independently of all the others.
See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. This gibberish makes sense to no one except a mathematician. The explanation I've given - while maybe the same in essence - conveys the meaning in a comprehensible way that's not completely removed from reality.
My point is that mathematicians often do neither realize that they are talking gibberish that makes no sense to anyone but themselves nor do they accept that math without proper context is devoid of any meaning (outside of math, that is).
NOTE: I would like to clear up that I'm not attacking math itself. I neither think math for math's sake is bad, nor do I think math is useless. I respect math as a self-contained field. The problems I'm pointing out are all happening where there is application within other fields - such as CS.
See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. This gibberish makes sense to no one except a mathematician. The explanation I've given - while maybe the same in essence - conveys the meaning in a comprehensible way that's not completely removed from reality.
My point is that mathematicians often do neither realize that they are talking gibberish that makes no sense to anyone but themselves nor do they accept that math without proper context is devoid of any meaning (outside of math, that is).
NOTE: I would like to clear up that I'm not attacking math itself. I neither think math for math's sake is bad, nor do I think math is useless. I respect math as a self-contained field. The problems I'm pointing out are all happening where there is application within other fields - such as CS.