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by dist-epoch 478 days ago
> As for pure math—it seems like research mathematics readily talks about and uses Clifford Algebra, but is uninterested in or specificaly avoids the terms and concepts that are specific to Hestenes’ “Geometric Algebra”. I can speculate as to why: even by the 90s/00s, GA had gotten a bad reputation because of its tendency to attract bad mathematicians and full-on crackpots.

https://alexkritchevsky.com/2024/02/28/geometric-algebra.htm...

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No example of such a crackpot is given. The author just claims this without evidence. I've heard this sort of argument before but it's not very clear what it refers to.