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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: 1.436s | source
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XajniN ◴[21 Nov 24 15:43 UTC] No.42205455[source]▶
Reading most of the answers here, I can only conclude most of you were home schooled or went to some fancy schools for gifted children.

An average human is unable to even write properly. Even basic mathematical operations like multiplication and division are too complicated from their perspective.

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1. cutemonster ◴[21 Nov 24 23:56 UTC] No.42209911[source]▶
Not sure about schools for gifted, but I think lots of people here a bit live in bubbles.

Maybe industrialized countries, a bit better off neighborhoods, STEM classes in high school, and then university? (Not everyone but ... Most here?)