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no_hypocrisy

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9. Part of it is the overall approach to math.

Reply to longship (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 10:04 AM

Mar 2012

It isn't presented as user-friendly, that is, that anyone can learn how to do it. It's problem-solving with numbers. Once you "get" math, you gain the ability to use logic, extrapolate, calculate, etc. in non-math problems as you know the formulas.

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Study: Conservatives' trust in science has fallen dramatically since mid-1970s [View all] OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 OP

Maybe the root of the distrust is akin to why some people just don't like math: no_hypocrisy Mar 2012 #1

As a former math teacher I agree longship Mar 2012 #6

Only a very little bit zipplewrath Mar 2012 #8

That cultural attitude is a real problem eridani Mar 2012 #13

Part of it is the overall approach to math. no_hypocrisy Mar 2012 #9

Conservatives are in death struggle against reality and logic... rfranklin Mar 2012 #2

It's a pity they aren't losing faster izquierdista Mar 2012 #5

Maybe if the scientists hadn't made all those robots... Ian David Mar 2012 #3

Eppur si muove CBGLuthier Mar 2012 #4

Galileo wasn't even suggesting man was wrecking the solar system HereSince1628 Mar 2012 #7

The 70s were when holy rollerism started to take over Warpy Mar 2012 #10

That's because they don't like anything that can throw facts that will get in the way Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #11

Here's an MSNBC story on the subject. SpankMe Mar 2012 #12

Probably true, though I think both ends of the spectrum can be pretty dumb on science now. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2012 #14

I bet its the same for Liberals. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #15