Teachers: Inclusion is the worst thing to have happened to education

Re:Teachers: Inclusion is the worst thing to have happened t... by thefz on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @03:32AM (#40715035)

> I think mathematicians — similar to the people who didn't let themselves be scared away by zeroes, ones and babylonian letters — have become fluid at a system that they now defend, because they are the initiated magicians who understand it.

No, there is no elitism behind. Mathematical notation exists because it is the most compact form that also contains no ambiguity.

There is plenty of plain english explanation of all of mathematics, that is used to understand the concepts, but to represent them, you use math notation.

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Re:Teachers: Inclusion is the worst thing to have happened t... by Doxin on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @03:50AM (#40715158)

> Mathematical notation exists because it is the most compact form that also contains no ambiguity.

Citation needed. My experience thus far trying to read pretty much anything written by a mathematician involves googling a LOT of symbols, all of which have many many many many meanings depending on context.

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Re:Teachers: Inclusion is the worst thing to have happened t... by ryathal on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @10:30AM (#40718283)

If any of that were actually true, postfix/revers polish notation would be more popular. Math has it's own languages with all the same problems every language has.

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Re:Teachers: Inclusion is the worst thing to have happened t... by thunky on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @08:46AM (#40717180)

Found a mathematician.

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Re:Teachers: Inclusion is the worst thing to have happened t... by xboxnolifes on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @12:12PM (#40719467)

Saying mathematical notation has no ambiguity is a hilarious joke.

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