What Makes People Engage With Math | Grant Sanderson | TEDxBerkeley

[somachakraborty]

wait, so you're telling me he is not a talking pi symbol?

[vijaysubramanian]

"If you have a soul!, then you have to know why. Right?"
- Grant, 2020

[fyradur]

I think Grant is one of the most important people alive today. Imagine how many incredible mathematicians in the future would have been inspired and persuaded into mathematics because of him.

[anikettiratkar]

His TED talk released on 3/14, this cannot just be a coincidence.

[NoriMori]

"Imagine an art class in which they only teach you how to paint fences and walls, but never show you the paintings of the great masters. Then of course you will say, 'I hate art.' But in fact what you would really be saying is 'I hate painting the fence.' And so it is with mathematics, that we teach our students how to paint fences, and never show them the mathematics of the great masters."
— Edward Frenkel (The Numberphile Podcast: "Coffin Problems with Edward Frenkel")

[mkoldewijn]

This man was made for presentations. The voice, the tempo, the stance, it all works. So soothing. 3blue1brown is such a good channel to watch!

[TylerHallHiveTech]

It’s weird to tie his voice with a body. Like I subconsciously think his voice and videos just kind of manifested on YouTube because some math equation just produced it.

But man this guy is good. Makes me love math. And I have a difficult love/hate relationship with math as an engineer.

[shire]

When people were applauding and laughing, I can imagine him thinking.. 'Look at me Feynman, are you proud?'

[vivekprabhakar]

This guy is so passionate about teaching Math that it shows in the way he talks.
I work at a Bank. Probably I will never use any of the Math he talks about. But...I never miss any video featuring him because some of the dust of his passion falls on me too.

[brianmclogan]

Great talk Grant! Thank you for the knowledge

[uzairm]

I think this quote by Paul Lockhart _perfectly_ conveys his point
"Also, as I said before, just because
a subject happens to have some mundane practical use does not mean that we have to make that use the focus of our teaching and learning. It may be true that you have to be able to read in order to fill out forms at the DMV, but that’s not why we teach children to read. We teach them to read for the higher purpose of allowing them access to beautiful and meaningful ideas. Not only would it be cruel to teach reading in such a way— to force third graders to fill out purchase orders and tax forms— it wouldn’t work! We learn things because they interest us now, not because they might be useful later. But this is exactly what we are asking children to do with math."

[elischlossberg]

I'm starting my PhD in math soon and Grant is a big reason why. His way of teaching makes all these complex topics so clear to the point that the beauty really jumps out of them. Whenever I teach my students I try to steal his style, make the lesson a question of discovery instead of just learning the raw information behind it. What is it that we're asking about and how could we even approach such a topic?

[ephi]

"If you have a soul, you have to know why."

[henryh]

The issue is when people create the mental block that they can't do math, resulting in low confidence and little effort

[roeesi-personal]

I watched the Blocks video and I knew Grover's algorithm but I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CONNECTION!!!
Just when you mentioned that quantum scientist I started shouting "Grover" In the middle of the kitchen with my headphones on because it felt SO amazing to find out that this is actually the same math, and I've never thought about it! Wow. Just Wow. If there was an option to give 3 likes to a youtube video I'd give this talk 3 likes. It was amazing. Just amazing.

[surprisedpikachu]

I love his voice, its so calm and soothing, i can listen to him all day.

[randysavage]

Grant nailed this. I highly recommend his channel 3blue1brown. Appeals to the experienced and novel learners alike. Perfect combination of complexity, nuance, and relevance in a concise and engaging way. It’s so rare to find someone this smart, hard working, and tech savvy that explains math in such a digestible, empathetic way. The channel alone is a work of art and may well be the best free content in history.

[ishaanvatus]

_"There always a circle"_
_- Grant Sanderson_

[sfs]

Their is no more safer feeling than searching a math topic and seeing 3B 1B has a video on it.

[honkhonk]

School makes math seem like mental torture. Reality makes math seem like a fun puzzle almost. Its just how our school teaches it