> Simon Gregg calls noncomputable numbers “the dark matter of the number world”...
Thanks but no, we don't need more of this kind of bs naming. "dark matter" already ruined physics because it implies something mysterious and magical is going on whereas it's quite the contrary. I hate it when people dumb down beautiful abstract concepts to the point that it's not only not intuitive, it actually makes the thing less accessible to those who are not in the know.
Not just abstract concepts. We dumb down moderately complex concrete things to stupidly simple explanations and names too. It's soooo bad. We basically encourage each other to have hazy 30,000 ft view of things when the details aren't really that difficult, it just takes a little work.
Thanks but no, we don't need more of this kind of bs naming. "dark matter" already ruined physics because it implies something mysterious and magical is going on whereas it's quite the contrary. I hate it when people dumb down beautiful abstract concepts to the point that it's not only not intuitive, it actually makes the thing less accessible to those who are not in the know.