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Replying to @smaLLquietLife
US HS students who learn calculus mostly don't learn calculus, even fewer learn to apply math more complex than arithmetic
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I've forgotten all of my calculus but I think knowing at least elementary algebra helps in basic reasoning.
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Replying to @smaLLquietLife
Good reasoning is like an equation. It needs to be true regardless of the variables you throw at it.
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Replying to @smaLLquietLife
HOME Retweeted Laci Green
This is bad reasoning. It breaks down as soon as you change the variables.https://twitter.com/gogreen18/status/831393976523464704 …
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Replying to @smaLLquietLife
maybe it holds up if 'KKK' is a particular value of the set 'Really Bad People'? I mean I doubt it, but
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Replying to @eigenrobot
is your point that the author probably would no longer agree with the statement if (say) 'Stalinists' were substituted?
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I imagine that's true but maybe it's a result of reasoning from
@meaningness-style level 3 rather than level 4 . . .1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @eigenrobot
the latter of which is probably pretty close to the kind of algebraic logic you describe, as I think about it
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Replying to @eigenrobot
heh perhaps you're restating the Meaningness critique of contemporary humanities ed :) https://meaningness.com/metablog/stem-fluidity-bridge …
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ps pardon slow response I tend to delay non-shitpost content while I digest
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