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This might be true for any other field than math, but the basic understanding of math you need today is no different from what Pythagoras and Euclid needed.
by tybris 15y ago
This might be true for any other field than math, but the basic understanding of math you need today is no different from what Pythagoras and Euclid needed.
- hugh3 15y agoYou're right! That new-fangled "calculus" stuff is just a pointless fad. And what's this shit I keep hearing about "zero"?
- run4yourlives 15y agoYou're arguing against basic mathematical education on the basis of not being needed to a country with the highest personal debt levels the world has ever seen.
- whyenot 15y agoTo me, US personal debt seems like more of a self control issue than a problem of innumeracy.
- run4yourlives 15y agoSelf control however is much better maintained with a proper understanding of the problem. This is why payday loan sharks target poor areas: lack of education.
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- iwwr 15y agoArab numerals, negative numbers, basic statistics, understanding interest rates and compounding (for mortgages), basic accounting. These are skills common people can no longer do without.