CronoDAS comments on Is Scott Alexander bad at math? - Less Wrong

31 Post author: JonahSinick 04 May 2015 05:11AM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 05 May 2015 07:23:40AM 3 points [-]

Would you agree with Scott if he said "I am bad at math classes"?

Comment author: JonahSinick 05 May 2015 07:34:46AM 3 points [-]

Sure.

Comment author: CronoDAS 05 May 2015 07:41:17AM *  3 points [-]

I think that, to most people, "math" brings to mind "the skills taught in math classes, which are used by people such as engineers and actuaries in their job, and by ordinary people when adding up grocery bills" much more than it does "what professional mathematicians do when they invent and prove new theorems"...

Comment author: CronoDAS 05 May 2015 07:43:21AM 0 points [-]

Do you think you could teach Scott to be better at math classes?

Comment author: DanielLC 05 May 2015 08:18:19PM *  2 points [-]

I heard that as "I am bad at math classes".