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Ask HN: Why isn't math education motivated by its application to video games?
For example, why not motivate linear algebra through its application to making 3d video games? And of course, linear algebra assignments could involving coding such games.
- sharemywin 4y agoEven 2d for algebra. X=X+1 inequalities for bounds checking.
- xigoi 4y agoBecause not all people are interested in making video games? If one is, surely it's not hard to find out which parts of math you need for it.
- tssva 4y agoWhile the application to video game development may be a motivation for some there is a large segment of those taking math education, possibly the majority, for which video games and video game development holds little to no interest. Orienting math education around video games may actually be demotivating to many of them.
- RelativeDelta 4y agoA trivialization of the subject really.