Something that frustrates me, and maybe I’m just confessing my stupidity, is the extra layer of indirection in any discipline when things are named after people and not the thing’s characteristics.
My doctor once told me “if you learn enough Latin, a lot of names in medicine will hint at what they are, so you have less to memorize.”
I find that these names often lend a sense of complexity to concepts that turn out to be rather simple. In high school this really contributed to my struggles.
Edit: apparently Eigen isn’t a person’s name so I sure picked an embarrassing moment to bring this up.
My doctor once told me “if you learn enough Latin, a lot of names in medicine will hint at what they are, so you have less to memorize.”
I find that these names often lend a sense of complexity to concepts that turn out to be rather simple. In high school this really contributed to my struggles.
Edit: apparently Eigen isn’t a person’s name so I sure picked an embarrassing moment to bring this up.