sixes_and_sevens comments on Rationality Quotes May 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 08 May 2012 01:11:52AM 3 points [-]

Proud of not learning math includes math like algebra or conversation of units. That sort of math, which might be taught in elementary school, is practically useful in daily life. Being proud of not knowing that kind of math is profoundly anti-learning. The attitude applies equally to learning anything, from reading to history to car mechanics.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 08 May 2012 11:08:19AM 11 points [-]

Something a not-especially-mathsy friend of mine said a while back:

It makes me sad when I see or hear people say 'algebra and trig are pointless, you never use them in real life'.

Because what this says to me is 'I make life more difficult for myself because I don't understand how to make it simpler'.