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1. Study math 2. Study geometry I was unpleasantly surprised that not only American kids have problems with elementary math, you can probably easily find an a
by baybal2 5y ago
1. Study math
2. Study geometry
I was unpleasantly surprised that not only American kids have problems with elementary math, you can probably easily find an adult who would not be able to replicate this measurement.
Now, average people have less arithmetic skills than Greeks from 2000 years ago.
- qsort 5y ago> not only American kids I doubt this is just Americans. Even limiting ourselves to adults from first world countries, I would estimate that: - Less than 50% can do an euclidean division without a calculator. - Less than 10% know the difference between mean and median. - Less than 2% could write a simple proof. > Now, average people have less arithmetic skills than Greeks from 2000 years ago. That's unfair: most people 2000 years ago couldn't even read. You're comparing the average joe with the top intellectuals of their time. I'm pretty certain that anybody with a decent scientific education today has knowledge that effectively subsumes or replaces everything the Greeks knew.
- baybal2 5y ago> That's unfair: most people 2000 years ago couldn't even read. 2000 years ago, ancient Spartanians had full universal education, with a double digit pupils further pursuing higher studies