jack g

Statistics PhD student

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@docMJP i may have been uncharitable at first. my issue is essentially this stops just short of being truly useful for any field, including latin. even the philosophy; what good Thomist can’t engage more broadly? i agree that education is intrinsically good; even wrt that this fails imo

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@docMJP why are you acting like these aren’t questions any math/physics undergrad couldn’t answer? like, you don’t learn how analysis (not saying calculus) and geometry are related by pondering a seminal work. you do it by writing proofs; that’s not present here at the college level

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@stuartjms @docMJP im not really sure what you mean. having context in the natural sciences won’t help you understand tolstoy, and none of the theology taught here would since he was a heretic. and besides, good books are not didactic; style and structure make a good work.

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@docMJP im not the one coping. presumably you’re the one who couldn’t understand the Pythagorean theorem until college

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@agostino_harry @cant_find_dogs @SimonSimplicio you don't learn math by reading the seminal works of mathematicians. you learn math by doing proofs. there is none of that here beyond literal high school geometry.

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@ahd2203 @CultureCrave this will either be amazing or total ass

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@DrDavidVernon camus and nabokov in the same reading list is kind of crazy

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@gracecthdralprk Robert Kirkman: Not quite first rate

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@kleeposting i got into a top 10 phd program in statistics without one publication. this is not universally true.

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@idyllicmusing noo i'm just a sweet little guy i swear

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@__paleologo "charismatic"

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@Plough @fxxfy melville or faulkner. maybe even cormac mccarthy.

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@ahd2203 @GfedGoCrazy wigger park

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@matthewschmitz the catholic church has a much richer intellectual tradition than the various protestant congregations but pop off king

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@chmpgnsoshalist good writers dont convey ideas in single words. english language literature is one of the richest traditions in history...

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@ahd2203 @DiscussingFilm Ts got me so excited bruh

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@theskitzo_ ok but "amazing" is one of the worst kanye tracks ever

[doomer @uncledoomer]

people who live in 1500 square foot boomer fart boxes when they get invited over to a Christmas party at a 3500 square foot mcmansion

[jack g @dieuemperorjack]

@dilf_farts @LoganView64206 @miniapeur i think it’s really good for building intuition but ultimately knowledge has to come from doing proofs and exercises