Morendil comments on What is wrong with mathematics education? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 20 March 2011 05:04:38PM 0 points [-]

Just what exactly is the optimization target here?

I'm tempted to say "fun".

(Could be an availability heuristic at work: I'm working through Smullyan's "To Mock a Mockingbird" and having lots of fun. Still, if you make math fun, people will want more of it than if you make it dry, boring and utilitarian.)