Math is the literal foundation of the modern technological world. Without math, we'd have nothing. It's so much more important (and fun, but pre-uni it tends to be taught badly) than most people seem to think.

[–] Youki@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Thats a pretty disconnected statement. The entirety of every single country's economy and a large part of your daily life runs on language, logistics and infrastructure.

Yet I bet neither high stress traffic management nor fundamentals of phonemes are things you'd consider universal knowledge.

Math leaves "basic knowledge" at the high school stage and enters "expanded logical thinking" without ever telling you while being taught pretty much everywhere in the most conservative, high impact - low retention way.

And Uni math is often just used as a sorting course to weed out people not fit for engineering jobs. Its connection to practical purposes is often faint if not noexistant.

The fact that Mathematicians use nomenclature that makes the IPA look self explainatory doesn't help.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you think that the economy, infrastructure, logistics, traffic management, and phones don't use math? Sure, maybe language doesn't... but we all learn language at school, though?

Especially phones and electronics. That is nearly all math. And I don't know how one could arrive at another conclusion. In addition.. you are taught the fundamentals of electronics? At least I was.

[–] Eleanor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Just because you like indoor plumbing, it doesn't mean you have to like wading in shit. Sure, someone's gotta do it, but thank god it isn't me.

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