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peterhalburt33
5y ago
I’ll admit I’m biased on this issue, but I’m very wary of this type of reasoning. There are plenty of courses that are more useful than calculus, but kids/young adults won’t be convinced to learn a subject purely out of its utility in
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peterhalburt33
5y ago
Actually, I fall right into this category. I’m a mathematician who has just started to program for “real” this year (Python mostly, trying to learn C++, and Mathematica if you consider it a language). Actually, I find it hard to criticize a