> This is a really bizarre article. They seem like they want to describe the math. But they can't bring themselves to do it in a way that might be helpful. They're just waving words around.
I think it depends on the author. It's hard to distill math and science down to something that the science-interested layman can understand and enjoy. I find Natalie Wolchover's[0] writing to be pretty consistently good, for example.
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