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Topic	What's an actual reason to learn math when wolfram alpha exists?
Howl 04/10/17 9:26:29 AM #16:	monkmith posted... 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'? It's not so much of that as not understanding the reason for forcing it as general education today when only a tiny minority of people will ever have a practical application for it, and the people who will will learn it as part of their specific educational requirements. Forcing people to still learn this in high school today is like forcing kids to learn the dimension standards in air ducts in modern construction of buildings. Yes learning that does have a specific reason for a person to learn it, but the practical application of such knowledge is limited extremely by the people who do jobs specifically designed to use such knowledge. --- woof <cite>Howl posted [p:876904852] in What's an ... [t:75220407]...</cite> <quote><cite>monkmith posted...</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'?</quote> It's not so much of that as not understanding the reason for forcing it as general education today when only a tiny minority of people will ever have a practical application for it, and the people who will will learn it as part of their specific educational requirements. Forcing people to still learn this in high school today is like forcing kids to learn the dimension standards in air ducts in modern construction of buildings. Yes learning that does have a specific reason for a person to learn it, but the practical application of such knowledge is limited extremely by the people who do jobs specifically designed to use such knowledge. --- woof</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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