Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented" video.

  1. The explanation and animation was great indeed! It made me immediately understand why applying it for the wave function obviously makes sense.
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  2. This just underlines how bad methods our even best educational systems currently have.
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  3. Also, the current education system accepts that children don't understand maths of previous years before attempting new stuff. Maths builds on previously learnt stuff so trying to skip stuff (you didn't learn this last year, try to cope without) is not going to work and will just make people hate maths. The minimum bar should be raised so high that all children understand all the things during the math classes but they may still make lots of mistakes while applying those concepts. However, no children should be left without support when they fail to understand some building block that they're expected to know next year.
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  4.  @Saigonas  The original Cosmos was scientific TV series hosted by Carl Sagan. The newer variant is a TV series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think this episode was closer to the newer series.
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  5. Try watching Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, too.
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  6.  @MthaMenMon  Wow! Combination of poor educational methods with limited number of tries. I haven't heard about anything equally stupid in education for a long time.
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  7.  @physics77guy  Here in Finland deriving formulas is not really done until university studies. And the skills of people suck a lot as a result.
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  8. I definitely recommend watching the Cosmos series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  9.  @josephbrennan370  Netflix used to have Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey but it wasn't their original series.
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  10.  @vorname1485  I think the original response was about the fact that Netflix probably wouldn't finance creating such a science series. They might just distribute it if it turns good.
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  11. [insert standing ovation emoji here once it's released]
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  12. Great video! Definitely in top 3 of all the videos you've done this far!
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