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by aswanson 2666 days ago
He seems like he means well, though. Posting all of his notes free of charge.
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He also encourages students to make a pull requests when they find errata.

I can see the argument that this "open sources" the literature and brings students closer to it.

However - students are not experts in the subject matter and this makes for anxiety-inducing and frankly ineffective pedagogy. You are there to learn, but never know if the proof you are reading is correct or not. The errors get in the way.

It's not a wiki; he's free to not merge changes people offer him.