Ok. Sorry for being offbase.
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Is there a name for when someone thinks they are really bad at something (for example math) and they have learned not to trust their own intuition at all so they make really wild errors by second guessing themselves? -
Is there a name for when someone thinks they are really bad at something (for example math) and they have learned not to trust their own intuition at all so they make really wild errors by second guessing themselves?This is why basic math and esp. geometry were hard for me, but algebra was easy.
I had two math teachers in a room describe what they said was the same solution to the same problem, but I heard two different problems, solutions, and answers. They were both very exacting about what was the right answer, but became flustered when I brought up what didn't match up for me. In this thread, I've seen multiple notations for the same thing. To me, they are all different problems.
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Is there a name for when someone thinks they are really bad at something (for example math) and they have learned not to trust their own intuition at all so they make really wild errors by second guessing themselves?If I saw the numbers *inside* the angles as a kid, I would have said they are not equal. That has nothing to do with the measurements of said angles, which match. I'm struggling to view them as equal as an adult.
Descriptive mathematical statements in English are their own dialect, but are not treated as such by people who use math when interacting with people who don't speak that dialect.
Question is easy, meaning derived from phrasing is hard.