Thread for low-effort musings on education:
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Math is a language of analysis. When I was in elementary school, it seemed natural to me that everything should be quantified and viewed as probability distributions, and so I could’ve learned plenty and retained it for life (I have near-perfect memory for all math I learn).
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If you can learn languages when young most easily, and if top chess players generally started at very young ages, why retard a child’s desire to learn math?
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I think we're on the same page. Math at a young age is binary-- kids are incapable of learning a concept until their neural wiring reaches a certain stage of development, at which point they'll be able to instantly grok & retain forever.
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Of course, there’s the Tiger Mom approach for teaching math...
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