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Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 7:58pm On Jul 25, 2014 |
Pernicious Nonsense By Crispin Sartwell Once again we prepare to entrust our children to professional educators, kissing the upturned, trusting faces and waving goodbye with a certain relief and a certain anxiety. The anxiety is well- placed, for this year once again our children will be learning material that is completely baseless, that is grounded entirely on the new age, politically- correct consensus of well-meaning fools. I refer, of course, to mathematics. Mathematics is a sort of necromancy or pagan religion. It has no basis in fact or in theory. It is concerned entirely with entities of which it has no clear conception. I was scrounging around in my dictionary the other day, looking up "sforzando," when I came across the following definition of "seven": "the cardinal number between 6 and 8." Now it is not hard to see that this will not help you understand the meaning of "seven" unless you already understand the meaning of "six" and "eight," which will themselves only be comprehensible in terms of three further numbers, including seven itself. Being curious about this apparent emptiness of the simplest notions of mathematics, I posted a contest on my website, soliciting defensible definitions of "seven." What I got was a lecture in the philosophy of mathematics from Princeton professor and Slate columnist Jordan Ellenberg, and a facetious rant from a grad student named Jesse Gutierrez, which began "Dude. It's a number. What do you want?" Everyone else seemed suddenly to realize that they had no idea how to say what "seven" means. Ellenberg's lecture was fascinating, and it detailed a number of approaches that one might take to solving the problem, each of them extremely difficult, obscure, and elaborate, and each of them absolutely incompatible with all the others. It was clear, first, that people have been working on the problem for about 2,500 years, and, second, that they haven't gotten any nearer to a solution than they were when Pythagoras asserted that things like rocks and stars were actually made of numbers, whatever that might mean. Perhaps you are thinking that you know quite clearly what "seven" means, and you are even now in a rather irritated way counting out fingers or something. However, it is easy to see that "seven" does not actually refer to anything in the world. Add one raindrop to another to another to another to another to another to another and you get one raindrop. Do the same with rabbits and you get 4,601. You could show me the representation of a triangle, but of course no one has ever seen a triangle as defined by "geometry," which is bounded by "lines" which have no width. Of course, everyone thinks they know what seven is. But there was a time when everyone knew what a demon was, or that the world was composed of four elements. Famously, the theologians of the middle ages debated how many angels could dance on the head of a pin. But they had no idea what the phrase "how many" meant, much less what sort of thing an angel was. Unless and until mathematics can give a better account of itself, we must regard it as so much gobbledygook, and we must protect our children from such superstitious nonsense. Mathematics represents just the kind of loose, empty thinking that characterizes so many of the ephemeral fashions in education these days. To expose kids to mathematics is the height of irresponsibility. In the hallowed words of the great role model Whitney Houston, I believe that children are our future. You and I must join together with millions of other concerned parents in a movement to remove mathematics from all schools, public and private, secular and parochial. We owe it to the children. 2 Likes |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 8:24pm On Jul 25, 2014 |
though the guy gat some point sha, but it doesn't stop me from solving & rocking my darling "MATIMATIKS" guess the dude is still a learner , not realizing that even the media he used in passing this crap is a function of mathematical principles / applications #team.maths. 3 Likes |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by yorex2011: 9:42pm On Jul 25, 2014 |
D guy wan just show himself... |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by iamsegsy(m): 10:08pm On Jul 25, 2014 |
#shit |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by thelastmediator: 10:20pm On Jul 25, 2014 |
Mathematics is the bedrock of science. Without the knowledge of math, we are back to the stone age. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 8:55am On Jul 26, 2014 |
yorex2011: D guy wan just show himself... no mind nam. ... maybe ehn don fail maths taya.. just saying all those to relieve hs pain *smh*.. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 8:55am On Jul 26, 2014 |
thelastmediator: Mathematics is the bedrock of science. Without the knowledge of math, we are back to the stone age. just on point . |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 9:03am On Jul 26, 2014 |
He's simply telling us he was a failure at school. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Donkaz(m): 10:23am On Jul 26, 2014 |
Just another lazy student looking for an excuse not to learn. #team maths! |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Alamation(m): 10:52am On Jul 26, 2014 |
I don't hate Maths. We just never understand each other... |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by DermalCarotene(f): 11:49am On Jul 26, 2014 |
Well, i get the guy's point but maths shouldn't be abolished in schools.. 1 Like |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 12:46pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
Alamation: I don't hate Maths. We just never understand each other... God is a mathematician bro , the cosmos , nature & all existing entities created, came to be via mathematical codes , patterns & phenomena . So if we were in created in the image of God ( implies we posses his DNA ) . reasons why most folks don't /finds it hard to understand math could attribute to miscellaneous variables , could include Fear , poor foundation , laziness , mediocrity-set , e.t.c which after, they tag themselves the "anti-maths squad " saying math is the worst subject ever introduced to man kind . Guess am just a baby mathematician striving to know more & possibly decode some troubling enigma that had confronted humanity for ages , though ingenious mathematicians (past /present & possibly future ) had /are working round the clock in that regards . permit me to shock you a bit , by saying mathematics is supernatural ( some aspects are mythical & gat occult implications , especially geometry ) hmm..( surprised .? ) people like Pythagoras, Kepler & Euclid will tell you more . math is far beyond what you think is. hidden facts / implications exist under geometry , calculus , topology , numerology ( esp. pi ) , e. t.c OK , its needless to border asking why . The truth is that both positive & negative spirits inspired math ( as known " no positive existence without a corresponding negative existence" ) which is why today we have both positive & negative inventions / innovations ( as in science & technology ) or positive inventions used for negatives purposes thereby driving our globe amok. Don't worry , everything in this world is bleeped up ( including i & you ) & and has been compromised owing to inevitable anomalies which some at this point , goes beyond redemption , only time shall unfold the realities of tomorrow's hope . However , to exponentially break new grounds / to make the world science / technologically advanced ( as in solving humanity's enigma & aid reduce superfluous labour) , we couldn't but bequeath this to mathematical advancements & research . AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE ONLY A RIGHTEOUS NATION CAN PROLIFICALLY PROSPER & BLOSSOM , WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TRUE CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST / MATHEMATICIANS ( possessing the true perfect DNA of GOD!!) . hope this little write up impart . its always 1love. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Liamm(m): 12:50pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
Don't have the goddam time to read all those. Check out my signature |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Wolison(m): 1:28pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
OMG.........I can't read this for goodness sake!!!!#too time consuming and ask me, I will tell you# |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by sammoe(m): 2:41pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
OP, so you went ahead to smoke that thing! SMH |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 3:25pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
sammoe: OP, so you went ahead to smoke that thing! SMH what thing sir. .? |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by jericco1(m): 3:44pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
I keep on reiterating this, though I'm not supporting Mathematics should be expunge but the only maths I enjoy is the one involving money and without decimal points. Thanks. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by ahkenaten(m): 4:34pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
none of you got his point..what he meant was...why would seven mean a stone and a stone and a stone a stone a stone a stone and a stone...its stupid really..or why would two mean..a stone and a stone...its really confusing..you have a bundle of many stuffs and you assigned a number..like Albert Einstein said...."he stop understanding relativity when mathematicians began to explain it with maths" maths has no place in real life..its abstract to be precise...and some unintelligent ones that dont understand what i just posted will beqin quoting and saying i flunked maths...we call raw thinking maths..its stupid. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by iammodel(m): 6:35pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Nobody: 6:59pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
I don't like mathematics...lemme not use hate before una begin rate my intellectual capacity . Studyin a science or engineering course without maths is like tryin to sail a ship without a sea. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Olamyyde(m): 7:37pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
ahkenaten: none of you got his point..what he meant was...why would seven mean a stone and a stone and a stone a stone a stone a stone and a stone...its stupid really..or why would two mean..a stone and a stone...its really confusing..you have a bundle of many stuffs and you assigned a number..like Albert Einstein said...."he stop understanding relativity when mathematicians began to explain it with maths" maths has no place in real life..its abstract to be precise...and some unintelligent ones that dont understand what i just posted will beqin quoting and saying i flunked maths...we call raw thinking maths..its stupid.lol @bolded, ever heard of fibonnaci sequences? |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by ahkenaten(m): 8:27pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
Olamyyde:i see Fibonacci's number as being arrested and kidnapped into 'maths' maths did not create Fibonacci...it has been in existence before Fibonacci himself was born..in nature, i.e honey comb and and stuffs..so a guy stumble upon it...they named it after him and called it math..thereby complicating the whole shit. |
Re: Maths Haters Will Like This !!..hnmm by Jovie: 9:58pm On Jul 26, 2014 |
i dnt even get d writer's point exactly. Maths is abstract but asking to remove it from curriculums is a whole different matter...it will deform any technological advances we are already having. Even this forum was coded with the use of mathematical principles. Maths no be small tin o |
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