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#26 2014-10-07 03:02:10
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#27 2014-10-07 03:33:37
Re: Lockhart's Lament
I will read if you tell me to.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#28 2014-10-07 03:37:02
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
Did you find it?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#29 2014-10-07 03:39:40
Re: Lockhart's Lament
Yes.
Did you read Lockhart's lament?
Link: https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
Last edited by Agnishom (2014-10-07 03:42:26)
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#30 2014-10-07 03:43:12
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
No, I did not. I am a little tired of the knocking of the school systems. I am unlucky enough to see the students that go to these schools and let me tell you, it ain't the school systems fault.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#31 2014-10-07 03:44:26
Re: Lockhart's Lament
It is important to hear the opponent's viewpoint before judging them
Whose fault is it?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#32 2014-10-07 03:45:44
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
I have heard both sides. It is mostly the students fault.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#33 2014-10-07 03:48:42
Re: Lockhart's Lament
For not willing to do mathematics?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#34 2014-10-07 03:54:43
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
For not wanting to do anything! In my day, I was the only loser on earth now there are billions of them.
See you later and check earlier posts in this thread I did read it obviously.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#35 2014-10-07 03:58:21
Re: Lockhart's Lament
The document does not blame the school system. It just says it is idiotic.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#36 2014-10-07 06:20:33
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
Hmmm, are you kidding?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#37 2014-10-07 06:40:44
Re: Lockhart's Lament
What is wrong with his argument about the school system?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#38 2014-10-07 06:52:28
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
Plenty, it encourages students to blame everything on them.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#39 2014-10-07 07:16:16
Re: Lockhart's Lament
It does. I can see an example in the mirror.
It is not the correct way to evaluate an argument.
By the wzy, do they really do these things ther?
I have never seen these before
Last edited by Agnishom (2014-10-07 13:15:31)
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#40 2014-10-07 14:06:41
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
Never seen what?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#41 2014-10-07 16:05:56
Re: Lockhart's Lament
Such reasoning!
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#42 2014-10-07 21:06:39
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Re: Lockhart's Lament
I am not following you.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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