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gammalost11/21/20242 repliesview on HN

Well, isn't that a summary of most things? Most things worth learning are hard, but many things not worth learning are also hard. So we have to prioritize what hard things are worth learning. Math is low on the list for many people for (I think) understandable reasons.


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magicalhippo11/21/2024

What I meant was I think it's detrimental to be priming the kids with a negative view, or nurturing any negative views.

pokerface_8611/22/2024

math is low on the list then they bitch that they’re unemployable with a soft skill degree doing middle school level work. i get this is ironic as a pure math student is also fairly unemployable without extraneous skills, but they also tend to shine the brightest once they make it in.