User blog comment:MilkyWay90/I'm ready for the easiest OCF!/@comment-32697988-20180821002553/@comment-30754445-20180821174755

@Syst3ms

"In your opinion, either you do it right, or either you're stupid and 'try to do voodo magic instead of math' " 

Not sure why anyone would have a problem with this statement, as you worded it.

Are you an advocate of doing things wrong? Is there anybody here who advocates doing things improperly? I certainly hope not.

The main difference between the advocates of path #1 and path #2 people, is not some affinity of the path #1 people to doing stuff the wrong way. The main source of disagreement is that the path #1 people don't see anything wrong with their methods.

@Ecl1psed276

It's a common myth, that doing things properly requires advanced background in college mathematics. Nothing could be further from the truth. Doing things properly simply means that we carefully use logic to justify everything we say.

Another common myth is that doing advanced googology properly requires heavy-lifting of advanced set theoretic concepts. This, again, is false. The vast majority of quality posts here, have nothing to do with these concepts. Indeed, whenever you see a wall of cryptic set-theoretic stuff, it is seldom anything worth reading (or mimicing).

So no, lack of mathematical background is no excuse. Any person, regardless of age or mathematical background, can join path #2. It takes nothing more than a decision... accepting an oath, if you will, to never just assume that something is correct without justifying it.