>Presumably, anyone who has never had any kind of job in any field ever... You do know that there are tons of jobs that don't ever require interacting with spr

>Presumably, anyone who has never had any kind of job in any field ever... You do know that there are tons of jobs that don't ever require interacting with spreadsheets, let alone a computer, right? This is exactly what I was talking about regarding how many HN users view the rest of the world. >... or been to any kind of school. "When am I going to need to use this?" is a common refrain for more than just attitudes towards math. I have met many people in professional environments who have no experience with it and don't even know what it is until you explicitly remind them what it is/does.