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It's hard for me to comprehend that someone could understand any subtle (or even not-so-subtle) distinctions or complex arguments without at least a basic under
by jeffdavis 14y ago
It's hard for me to comprehend that someone could understand any subtle (or even not-so-subtle) distinctions or complex arguments without at least a basic understanding of algebra and statistics.
I could be wrong though. What about famous thinkers like Jefferson or Lincoln -- did they understand algebra and statistics at all?
- Thrymr 14y agoJefferson was quite well educated in science and mathematics for the day: http://www.math.virginia.edu/Jefferson/jefferson.htm http://www.math.virginia.edu/Jefferson/jefferson.htm Geometry was prominent in those days, but as a student he also learned physics with Newton's Principia and Optiks as textbooks. Lincoln was mostly self-educated, but I have no idea what his background in math was.