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Written by Tek say resist on 2025-01-18 at 18:52

Every time you press the brake pedal to come to a stop at a planned location, you’re doing calculus.

It’s easy to lose sight of the idea that calculus is the most natural thing in the world to us. The specific mathematical language used to describe it can be complex, but we continually and intuitively make those calculations with our own bodies.

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Written by Mr. E. Grey Seale on 2025-01-18 at 19:13

@tek

the way math is taught is criminal. It is as if they want to destroy any practical use, and keep everyone helpless

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Written by Tek say resist on 2025-01-18 at 19:30

@geichel I agree. “Hey, what if we found the most backward, irrelevant, rote memorization without understanding approach possible and stuck with it?”

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