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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by Larrikin on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:27PM (#35213774)
I would say that knowing eligibility requirements of the governor of Kentucky without using the internet is useless information to everyone that doesn't work in the Kentucky election office.

The useful skill is being able to find the information on the Internet if you want to run for governor of Kentucky. If you grow up in Kentucky learning it once in seventh grade is sufficient so you know it's a possibility, but will most likely never matter again after that class.

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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by pdntspa on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:38PM (#35213875)
Why do we need this stupid metric of "will I ever use this"? That is a recipe for ignorance. You will never be able to handle novel circumstances if you limit your knowledge to shit you think you will need.
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by bombolo on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:17PM (#35214601)
True… but trivia isn't necessarily knowledge
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by bumby on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:10PM (#35214922)
Trivia is defined as “information of little value.” So who determines what is trivia and what isn’t?
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by WalterBright on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:40PM (#35214741)
The trick is not knowing a lot - but knowing how to find out what you need to know.
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by bumby on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:57PM (#35214836)
Why learn math when we all carry a superhuman calculator in our pocket?
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by Nasrudith on Sunday March 19, 2023 @07:31PM (#35224951)
Because it does computation, math is understanding the problem. Even with things like Wolfram Alpha to handle integration and derivation.

Without an understanding of math you can only cargo cult problems. You can get away with being lazy with computation with no real issur but only if you understand the underlying theory.

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