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rsacamano

(1,908 posts) Tue May 10, 2016, 08:38 AM May 2016

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Economist profiled for doing math on a plane

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Economist profiled for doing math on a plane (Original Post) rsacamano May 2016 OP

Fox "News" is mostly to blame for this phenomenon. Enthusiast May 2016 #1

The woman should have been put off the plane when they jwirr May 2016 #2

What are Americans going to do for work in 2045 if we are innumerate? Baobab May 2016 #3

I'm gonna profile the woman: Trump voter zebonaut May 2016 #4

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

1. Fox "News" is mostly to blame for this phenomenon.

Reply to rsacamano (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 09:16 AM

May 2016

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

2. The woman should have been put off the plane when they

Reply to rsacamano (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 10:27 AM

May 2016

found out what was really going on. Did she really think writing some numbers on a piece of paper was an act of terrorism?

Baobab

(4,667 posts)

3. What are Americans going to do for work in 2045 if we are innumerate?

Reply to rsacamano (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 01:53 PM

May 2016

Most jobs we know today are quite likely to have been taken long before then by labor saving technology.

Math is the gateway to economic relevance.

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)

4. I'm gonna profile the woman: Trump voter

Reply to rsacamano (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 02:22 PM

May 2016

Looks like math equations.

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