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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by mannykannot on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @10:35AM (#14969355)
I have always thought (guessed, really) that it is because Eastern Europe (and, more recently, many parts of Asia) recognize something that the West sometimes forgets, even though that is where you will find the strongest evidence for it: technical competence can lead to radically better lives.
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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by kaitai on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:09PM (#14971978)
Another factor: I know several people who went into math because it could not be politicized. There was not a party line to toe.
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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by indigochill on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:36PM (#14972262)
They should hear about the Pythagoreans' discovery of irrational numbers (in which the discoverer is said to have been drowned at sea for undermining their belief that only positive ratios could exist): https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/discovery-of-irrati...
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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by the_d00d on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:14PM (#14976024)
Interesting point, but if I remember correctly it was religious zeal rather than political.
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