tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4573365520904299901..comments2024-03-29T09:08:47.702-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: No, Math Isn't RacistSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-37232723618104805672018-08-10T14:38:07.563-04:002018-08-10T14:38:07.563-04:00Except you don't get to know in advance who de...Except you don't get to know in advance who designed the bridge, and you won't until after the failure, see also the bridge failure in Florida.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25401402373088609862018-08-08T22:49:27.810-04:002018-08-08T22:49:27.810-04:00Here's a test for all the "math is evil&q...Here's a test for all the "math is evil" folks. You have to cross San Francisco Bay. You must use one of two bridges. The first designed by an engineer who has demonstrated competence in math, materials science and applied physics among others subjects. The second is designed by a math averse PHD who majored in African American studies. Choose wisely.Nuke Road Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122662466990452477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-46338185619458877332018-08-04T18:10:05.121-04:002018-08-04T18:10:05.121-04:00I learned, and by that I mean understood, more Mat...I learned, and by that I mean <i>understood</i>, more Math taking Physics classes than I "learned" in Math class. I was able to do the problems and find the correct solution, but it didn't "stick" very well.<br /><br />Since I actually had to <i><b>use</b></i> the Math in Physics to solve problems, and then use it again in Electronics, I got much more comfortable with it.<br /><br />Since Math is a cold, hard, Science, and there cam be only ONE correct answer that doesn't care about feelings, gender, or ideology, it's obviously a ripe target for SJW's.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-84900627934012260852018-08-04T17:23:03.977-04:002018-08-04T17:23:03.977-04:00I never really "got into" math until col...I never really "got into" math until college, although I did take calculus in high school. At some point, the idea that you can <b>know</b> you're right and prove it, while the humanities can never prove anything, really made me like it. After that, I didn't mind spending as much time as it took. <br /><br />Not that I still couldn't make stupid mistakes and copy a "+" sign as "-" or something like that, but it was more fun. <br /><br />It wasn't until I took a differential equations class in college and heard the prof talking about all the proofs they had tossed out because they just couldn't work that I realized there really were not a lot of math prodigies, and professional mathematicians screwed up a lot, too. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-1121575807222926352018-08-04T15:11:32.732-04:002018-08-04T15:11:32.732-04:00And their owners have the means to appropriately d...<i>And their owners have the means to appropriately deal with those worker bees once they get far enough.</i><br /><br />Public school has channeled you into only imagining a group of twenty people vs. federal prosecutions. One million is 10% of 3% of 350 million. If one million US libertarians decided their cars would not have license tags, the rest of the US residents couldn't stop them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-90597343430398156832018-08-04T15:02:43.508-04:002018-08-04T15:02:43.508-04:00I'm bad at math, and have always been so. The...I'm bad at math, and have always been so. The only reason I passed my required calculus class is because A) I had a great instructor, a middle-eastern gent who really wanted the class to learn, and B) my brother, who was a math major, tutored me every single day after class. Old Shotgun Bob could look at ten equations, point to three and tell me that these are all similar. To me, they had all the similarities that a ham sandwich has to a telephone pole. None the less, I passed.<br /><br />The real problem is that teaching techniques haven't really changed over the past 50 years or so, but the students have. The threat of corporal punishment doesn't exist anymore, and I think it should. The parents (or parent, singular) doesn't care about their child's education, and isn't about to change that attitude. The school teachers aren't equipped to deal with a student that comes from that environment. Each says that the other will have to do better.<br /><br />Math is a non-judgemental subject. You either know the answer and how to find it, or you don't. If the student doesn't know, it's obvious.<br /><br />Somehow, that just isn't fair - or so say the SJWs. My only thought is that I won't be around to see the end.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-72182631152622572972018-08-04T10:47:10.033-04:002018-08-04T10:47:10.033-04:00The island would do very well, according to their ...The island would do very well, according to their philosophy. The little system would quickly achieve their primary goal: extinction.Malatropenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51793516385967506822018-08-04T10:46:01.736-04:002018-08-04T10:46:01.736-04:00Wouldn't that be San Francisco? Chicago? New...Wouldn't that be San Francisco? Chicago? New Orleans? All the modern day dystopian cities have been under Prog rule for a century. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57366383026545172982018-08-04T10:44:37.892-04:002018-08-04T10:44:37.892-04:00Agenda 21, or 30 or whatever they're calling i...Agenda 21, or 30 or whatever they're calling it today, is backed by people who have publicly stated the human population should be less than 5% of what it is now. How does the world get there without mass murder on a scale never seen before? And those numbers may be just for public consumption and their real goal is extinction. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-62092928117505454022018-08-04T08:55:26.341-04:002018-08-04T08:55:26.341-04:00You have identified the goal of the worker bees, b...You have identified the goal of the worker bees, but the goal of their owners is indeed One World Government. And their owners have the means to appropriately deal with those worker bees once they get far enough.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-2813689817522825062018-08-04T01:05:19.904-04:002018-08-04T01:05:19.904-04:00The goal is not, one world government; the goal is...The goal is not, one world government; the goal is the extinction of Homo sapiens. The motivation is self-loathing. You're trying to figure out how destroying Western Enlightenment becomes a success for the people doing it, and you can't. You can't because the goal isn't success, it's failure.<br /><br />Darwinism doesn't say that a species which has existed for merely two hundred thousand years must be free of all serious brain firmware flaws. There are many genetic problems which are not immediately lethal, but cause an organism to thrive less than its environment would allow it to. Human self-loathing is one example of that. It's just lousy software.<br /><br />Rule of thumb says the test instrument must have 10 times better specs than what you're trying to measure. Once we build an artificial intelligence with an IQ of 1,000, all these homo sapiens firmware problems will rapidly be figured out.<br /><br />In the meantime, organize the remnant to evade bad laws. Anyone who wants to obey those bad laws is the zombie in the movie. Might have been your friend five minutes ago, but right now it's working to do you harm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-7785910166538403592018-08-03T21:59:57.450-04:002018-08-03T21:59:57.450-04:00They've already perverted several other former...They've already perverted several other formerly hard sciences, so why not attack the basis of ALL science?<br /><br />All they have to do is convince people that 2+2= cis-trans-non-gender, and they've won.<br /><br />And it looks like they're getting started....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com