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Nonsense is such a strong word when experience shows otherwise. Learn playing! Gamify! But people DO NOT LIKE MATHS despite them needing it. I am a professor
by pfortuny 6y ago
Nonsense is such a strong word when experience shows otherwise.
Learn playing! Gamify!
But people DO NOT LIKE MATHS despite them needing it. I am a professor of the thing and am not ashamed to own it. It is what it is.
Like cleanin your room, doing your bed or... shaving!
- jjk166 6y agoPeople love math. Look at youtube channels like 3Blue1Brown - 3 million subscribers, 160 million views, or Numberphile with 3.4 million subscribers and 511 million views. Millions of people of their own free will go out of their way to at least get an introduction to math concepts. Most of this isn't practical knowledge that they need, but rather abstract concepts they learn purely for fun. Think of what fraction of the population who would rather do puzzles instead of what they actually are supposed to be doing at the time. Strip away the tedium of rote arithmetic drills and people can't get enough of real math. Saying people simply don't like math because their eyes glaze over in math class is like saying people don't like stories because they're bored by Great Expectations.
- WalterBright 6y ago3.4 million out of several billion :-) Sounds about right!
- jjk166 6y agoOf the 31 Million youtube channels, they are both in the top 5000 most subscribed. 99.9th percentile of popularity ain't too shabby.