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Topic	What's an actual reason to learn math when wolfram alpha exists?
monkmith 04/10/17 9:02:23 AM #14:	Howl posted... jcmason posted... Just because machines can do the work for us doesn't mean we shouldn't understand the work that's being done. Otherwise, you may as well be the cashier at McDonald's that can't figure out how much change to return when a customer gives you $5 for a $3 purchase. There's a difference in learning arithmetic and learning calculus. I've never once in my life used calculus in a practical way. That was the point of this. I know I just wrote math in the title but if you read my first post you could infer that I meant advanced math. then your argument is 'i've never used it, so why does it matter'? --- People die when they are killed. Among horse, Red Hare. Among men, Lu Bu. <cite>monkmith posted [p:876903944] in What's an ... [t:75220407]...</cite> <quote><cite>Howl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>jcmason posted...</cite> <quote>Just because machines can do the work for us doesn't mean we shouldn't understand the work that's being done. Otherwise, you may as well be the cashier at McDonald's that can't figure out how much change to return when a customer gives you $5 for a $3 purchase.</quote> There's a difference in learning arithmetic and learning calculus. I've never once in my life used calculus in a practical way. That was the point of this. I know I just wrote math in the title but if you read my first post you could infer that I meant advanced math.</quote> then your argument is 'i've never used it, so why does it matter'? --- People die when they are killed. Among horse, Red Hare. Among men, Lu Bu.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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