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Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking

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669 points sonabinu | 1 comments | 21 Nov 24 01:45 UTC | HN request time: 1.081s | source
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ggm ◴[21 Nov 24 09:08 UTC] No.42202446[source]▶
I want to say yes, but I have two counters. One is that math nerds at school insisted on intimidating for the win and I just hated it.

The second is notation. I had a snob teacher who insisted on using Newton not Leibniz and at school in the 1970s this is just fucked. One term of weirdness contradicting what everyone else in the field did. Likewise failure to explain notation, it's hazing behaviour.

So yes, everyone benefits from maths. But no, it's not a level playing field. Some maths people, are just toxic.

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1. dennis_moore ◴[21 Nov 24 16:51 UTC] No.42206184[source]▶
> One is that math nerds at school insisted on intimidating for the win and I just hated it.

For me the worst part was the teachers that encouraged that behavior and did the same.