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by globular-toast 420 days ago
If there was some better notation that allowed biology people to understand calculus more easily, what do you imagine they'd do with it?

It's hard for me to imagine it without any special notation. It makes me think of the general relativity in words of four characters or less that was posted recently. Sure, it might be possible, but does it really make it easier to understand? Understanding is normally built up in layers. We learn things using big words because that makes it easier than learning with small words. And we learn maths with funny symbols because it makes it easier than learning it with words (or colours or mime or other things you already know).