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

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669 points sonabinu | 2 comments | 21 Nov 24 01:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.43s | source
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gsabo ◴[21 Nov 24 05:19 UTC] No.42201370[source]▶
I agree with the sentiment of this. I think our obsession with innate mathematical skill and genius is so detrimental to the growth mindset that you need to have in order to learn things.

I've been working a lot on my math skills lately (as an adult). A mindset I've had in the past is that "if it's hard, then that means you've hit your ceiling and you're wasting your time." But really, the opposite is true. If it's easy, then it means you already know this material, and you're wasting your time.

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1. beezlewax ◴[23 Nov 24 07:27 UTC] No.42219658[source]▶
I'd like to improve my mathematical knowledge (which has degraded to basically zero).

Can you talk about the path or resources you are using to improve here?

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2. sn9 ◴[23 Nov 24 21:37 UTC] No.42224137[source]▶
If you know how to multiply and divide, Math Academy will take you to college level math pretty quickly.