People who are like “uh what about carpenters” — they can learn it in carpentry school if it’s even necessary, which they must already be doing because it is taught so badly in math classes.
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My only take on high school math is fuck trigonometry — people who get to complex numbers can treat all of trig as a mildly interesting corollary, essentially no one else needs to know it.
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this kind of philistinism is a sine of the times. I cannot cosine your statement, but to explain why would take me off on a tangent
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i skipped trig and it very frequently causes me small annoying problems with even the modest amount of math involved in ml
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Big Triangle is a powerful lobby
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That’s right!
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Trig was probably my favorite of all the maths.
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I'm fairly passionate about basic probability and stats and also geometry, which is a great visual way to learn logic and concepts of proof etc. But could never see a point of trigonometry for "normal people".
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To be fair, prior to things like the standardization of roofs and lots of parts of construction, trig and geometry more broadly was an essential part of the job.
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So should we forget everything computers can do over the course of a few generations since we don’t need to know it?
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No we should continue learning about the things that are practically useful, build a foundation for further knowledge, give insight, or are beautiful. Trig is none of these.
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