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Re:An alarming trend in K-12 math education: a guest post an... by commandlinefan on Friday December 03, 2021 @03:07PM (#29434656)
> Terence Tao signing up for a manufactured outrage? Alan Kay?

Or Scott Aaronson. Scott Aaronson is about as social-justice-y as you get. When even he thinks the equity types have gone too far, it's really time to step back and see if you're making sense, even to yourself.

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Re:An alarming trend in K-12 math education: a guest post an... by fogof on Friday December 03, 2021 @06:18PM (#29436869)
Not sure I would describe Scott Aaronson as "social justice-y". He's had plenty of other quibbles with "equity types", for example, over the use of the term "quantum supremacy [1].

[1]: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=5843

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