I say this as someone who memed themself into the "I'm a person of letters I can't do math" thing
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Replying to @alicemazzy @BeeJayClinton and
it's status signalling, people believe the left/right brain nonsense so a smart person who "can't do math"...
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I wouldn't say I "can't" do math. I'm just not very good at advanced math or algebra. Basic stuff, I'm fine with.
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it's a skill/mode of thinking that has to be acquired like any other, not a natural predisposition
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Replying to @alicemazzy @BeeJayClinton and
I failed algebra three times in HS, dropped out, went to college for creative writing
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Replying to @alicemazzy @BeeJayClinton and
required to take precalc or "math for liberal arts" and the thought of the latter offended my sensibilities
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so I studied for a week and tested into the former. ended up switching to math major later and did fine
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in retrospect the only things holding me back were the belief I was somehow incapable and the fact most math...
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...teachers are awful at teaching. I tutored calc for awhile and found most of the people memorized...
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Replying to @alicemazzy @BeeJayClinton and
...formulas and had no idea what they were actually doing with them, and just explaining in intuitive terms...
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...what a limit or a derivative etc actually is and means was enough for them to "get" it
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