I think the difference here is utility vs enjoyment. I'd venture not more than 5% of ppl capable of enjoyment
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For rest, proper statistical thinking more important than the central limit theorem.
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May be that's a problem with math education. Many students are seen fearing it because it's not made enjoyable
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my suggestion would be introduce it in a way that can be enjoyed like recreation. Those who are talented get
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more challenging stuff but the rest are not kept away for I think calculus/geom are key in fashion thinking on
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I finished uptil 'calc 3' (as they say here), but what most impressed me in real world was utility of stats
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I find most people, even lots of smart ones are incapable of thinking in probabilistic terms.
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'Refuting' a statistical tendency with single counter examples or exceptions is very common.
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But I'd certainly have enjoyed calc if they'd tried to make it enjoyable.
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So perhaps keeping such options and relying on self-selection is best.
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