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The Limits of Maths

Eugenia: I understand patterns, and there is a way of accessing mathematical understanding that doesn't come through memorizing by rote. She says we've become fixated on this limited notion that something has to be right or wrong or has to resolve. "I teach art students now in Chicago who often tell me they're put off by maths because it seems to have clear black and white answers"

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