Yes, I understand that you think mathematical education is just a matter of telling kids how to punch numbers into the calculator on their iPhones and that any further thought about the relationship between those abstract functions and the real world is a woke waste of time
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@NateSilver538: if a pollster's percentages always add to exactly 100, they're probably up to no good.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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precisely!
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There are no such circumstances (apart from idiocy).
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What about about when you're looking at mathematical axioms and number theory, the original topic of this discussion?
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Wowwwwwwwwww. At least you know who your biggest enemy is.
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No one denies that there are alternate definitions of the symbols "2", "5", "+" and "=" which make 2+2=5 true. But you cause great social harm if you teach 2+2=5 under the standard definitions of those symbols.
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