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@ -47,9 +47,15 @@ called "nonconvex" is actually "simple," and I suppose what I called
"complex" should be referred to as "nonsimple," or maybe just "none of
the above."
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![](images/i.jpg) *This may seem like nit-picking, but actually, it isn't; what it's really about is the tremendous importance of having a shared language. In one of his books, Richard Feynman describes having developed his own mathematical framework, complete with his own notation and terminology, in high school. When he got to college and started working with other people who were at his level, he suddenly understood that people can't share ideas effectively unless they speak the same language; otherwise, they waste a great deal of time on misunderstandings and explanation.*
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> ![](images/i.jpg)
> This may seem like nit-picking, but actually, it isn't; what it's really
> about is the tremendous importance of having a shared language. In one
> of his books, Richard Feynman describes having developed his own
> mathematical framework, complete with his own notation and terminology,
> in high school. When he got to college and started working with other
> people who were at his level, he suddenly understood that people can't
> share ideas effectively unless they speak the same language; otherwise,
> they waste a great deal of time on misunderstandings and explanation.
Or, as Bill Huber put it, "You are free to adopt your own terminology
when it suits your purposes well. But you risk losing or confusing those