Post #4366665

@dpnash@c.im in fact it's weirder than that. He doesn't think that there is any operation going on in the expression 2x: he thinks that it is "already multiplied". It's not clear what this means; clearly for all x, 2x=2×x, and the fact it's written with two symbols means there is a step to turn them into a single number, which step is exactly the operation of multiplication. He calls such a single symbol a "term". The normal meaning of which includes an expression like 2×x, and then invents some special rules for terms which are unsupported except by further tortured reading of a limited selection of sources. Someone who merely hadn't seen advanced maths could be taught, but he's invented a whole special subject for himself!