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by jordigh 2618 days ago
I'd be surprised if you get five seconds on the final video. You might also be edited out in a way to make it look like you said something other than what you intended to convey. The Catalan diagrams will almost certainly not make the cut.
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We'll see! From my experiences with reporters after being the math consultant for "A Beautiful Mind", I share your cynicism. This crew nevertheless impressed me. They'll certainly open with a closeup of my chalk attache case. The Catalan diagrams just didn't fit the prejudices that she imagines of her audience. I was interviewed with these diagrams behind me, so it will be hard to use anything I said without them appearing past my ear.
You taught me Linear Algebra back in 2013/2014 and I remember you were telling us about this amazing Japanese chalk you were using.

To your credit it was quite good, and produced some really great writing. I wished my other math professors had your passion. Half the time I could barely see the writing on the board after the first erasing.

Oh, you're Dave Bayer! Sounds like people come to you often.