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by almostgotcaught 205 days ago
> written maths

Absolutely no one when they're navel gazing on this topic is discussing the aesthetics of notation.

> seem to love what they see.

Nor visualizations

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It was you who compared music to maths.

People in general perceive music as "what is being played" vs. mathematics "what is being written on a page". This is the common concept, but it is incomplete. Music has its boring parts (notation), so does maths, but the general public is prone to confuse maths as a whole with its "sheet music".

"when they're navel gazing"

Maybe they're just thinking?