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the_aftoday at 8:50 AM1 replyview on HN

A majority? I doubt it, simply because the majority doesn't know what math is at all.

At university level introductory calculus, the person teaching class had to reassure students that math wasn't entirely arithmetic or adding up numbers. He did this because it's a common misunderstanding.


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thaumasiotestoday at 9:20 AM

So, you disagree with my comment because you think I'm right?

Those students he was reassuring, did they think math was nothing but proofs?

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