Re: [Mid] Math bashing

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>From: "Charles J. Cohen" <charles@mynah.eecs.umich.edu>
>To: sca-middle@midrealm.org
>Subject: [Mid] Math bashing
>Date: Mon, Dec 20, 1999, 3:44 PM
>

>
> Okay folks, math is *not* hard, it is just different, and a skill that
> you have to practice to use well.
>
> Is math harder than reading? No!

I have to object. It is for some of us.

It is just that we practice reading
> everyday, far more than we do mathematics. Yet we can do math, and we
> do perform math everyday. You add or subtrack when you look at the
> clock, trying to figure out how much time until a certain event. You
> figure out your change. You plan a path to navegate a room
> (topology). You cook food (measuring and counting and algebra).
You show me how cooking is anything like algebra. I can cook-anyone at St.
Cat's day in Western Keep? Recipes are easy. I can't do algebra. Go
figure.
>
> We all do math, and math is actually a lot of fun if you take it for
> what it is - a tool which we use everyday.
>
> And the best facet about math is that it never gets
> contracticted. Every other science has had a time when some
> fundamental aspect was shown to be wrong, yet not in mathematics. You
> learn something, like 2+2=4, and it stays true forever. You can build
> on it and keep finding new and wonderful things to learn!
>
> Yay Mathematics!!!!
>
> And if anyone is at the Lansing 12th Night this January, come take my
> class on the abacus, and I'll teach you how easy it is to multiply and
> divide numbers in a medieval manner.
>
> - Midair
>
>
> "Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions
> form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our
> destiny."
> - Tryon Edwards
>
>
> From: "Charles J. Cohen" <charles@mynah.eecs.umich.edu>
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Received on Mon Dec 20 19:03:24 1999