THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. as @heidikitrosser.bsky.social has noted, the northwestern faculty had just voted overwhelmingly against exactly this kind of capitulation.

I haven't thought this through at all, but I think the issue isn't the statement of the problem, but rather the statement of the theorem about the existence and uniqueness of a solution of an initial value problem.

I would love to take any of these math classes

The article and that paragraph weren’t about disrespecting or reasons for it

Ironically, given the theme of the article, when I checked out the Brick link at the end, I can't get past the splash landing page to learn anything about the product unless I enter my email address!

I wonder how much things have improved since 2022? I certainly go out more now than 3 years ago.