Re:Some Fundamental Theorems in Mathematics (2019) [pdf]
by domnomnom on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:36PM
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Good, keep all the maths for me.
Re:Some Fundamental Theorems in Mathematics (2019) [pdf]
by hermod on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @11:54PM
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This was downvoted, but I think it's an interesting argument, in this context and in general.
Should we be rooting for things that make supply of labor in our field more plentiful? Wouldn't it be in our self-interest to prevent as many people as possible from learning math and computer science? One could argue it wouldn't be in the interest of humans as a species, but I'm skeptical that the marginal loss to each of us is greater than the gain.
Generations of teachers of mathematics-- surely not all incompetent-- have found that many people, perhaps most people, do not love math. There are very good teachers (I had a few), and very good ways to teach it (shout out to the Mr Barton Maths podcast), but experience shows that it is a hard go much of the time.