Editing Math

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	| number    = 4289
	| date      = November 6, 2016
	| title     = math
	| image     = 1478445286-20161106.png
	| votey     = 1478445333-20161106after.png
	| titletext = The set of all numbers that don't have a pretty symbols are hereafter renamed Weinersmith Numbers.
}}
==Explanation==
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==Transcript==
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:[Describe panel here]
:Part of why math confuses people is that we pick stupid
:Imaginary numbers? Theyre not 'maginary" they're actual things that show up in lots of practical equations!
:Names for things.
:Why do we have "natural"
:So, you think we should adopt more descriptive terms?
:Numbers when all sorts of things naturally dont come in positive integer values? Is half of something unnatural? Is pi unnatural?
:No.
:I think if we're going to use bad terminology, we should stop half-assing it.
:My proposal: Natural numbers will be called boring numbers." imaginary numbers should be called bullshit numbers."
:Complex numbers should be called "boring bullshit numbers." hyperreals will be called "big-ass numbers," and irrational numbers will be called those fuckin things:
:Consider the utility here! All number categories are now easy to remember, and you can use phrases
:Like, "as a platonist, I believe in the real existence of bullshit numbers."
:Have you created anything interesting or
:That is a matter for philosophers
:Just recategorized known concepts?
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==Votey Transcript==
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:[Describe panel here]
:Also, numbers should be called count-squiggles
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