Quote (Skinned @ Jul 14 2021 07:34pm)

Communists definitely hate it, they literally rewrite history. They will do things like use the state to register the political beliefs of teachers and other anti-intellectual and authoritarian measures.

I'm more libertarian than anything, i strongly believe people should be able to do what the hell they want and live with their consequences. I'm just against the GOP because I think the bill of rights applies to everyone and is not just perks for white guys.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jul 14 2021 07:39pm)

Yeah, right... debates about the foundations of set theory are tooootally relevant to the curriculum of 9th grade students, who are trying to grasp basic matrix algebra or trigonometric functions and such.

Simply put, the assumptions you are referring to do not matter in the slightest for the practical appication of mathematics, which is all that 99.99% of students will ever need. And that includes even the majority of math majors. The tiny rest has ample time to delve into these debates during higher-level university courses. Likewise, the unequal outcomes in math education between students of different ethnicities or cultural backgrounds are rooted in many things, but the axioms of set theory or the choice between a binary, decimal or duodecimal numeral base are not among them.


At the end of the day, the mathematical fact that a circle's circumference is 3.141... times as big as its diameter, irrespective of the circle's radius, just isn't a social construct. Neither is the fact that a²+b² = c² holds for the sides of a right triangle. Or that integration and differentiation are inverse operations.

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ 15 Jul 2021 02:50)

So you're admitting there can be a political element to mathematics?

Do you think there might be some politics at play in how much math a student needs to know? Or how much we teach them relative to what they need to know?

Quote (duffman316 @ Jul 14 2021 08:36pm)

some people see white supremacy in the equation 2+2=4

https://meaww.com/brooklyn-new-york-college-professor-says-purity-math-reeks-of-white-supremacist-patriarchy

A Brooklyn College professor has said that the idea that math is objective or neutral is a myth. The math educator Laurie Rubel also tweeted that the mathematical equation 2+2=4 “reeks of White supremacist patriarchy”. She has also received support from several academics at universities and colleges across the country who retweeted and promoted her claims. The tweets from Rubel are part of a trend on social media where a number of math professors and academics from top universities have debated the 'Eurocentric' roots of American mathematics.

she's a fascinating case study, although she doesn't look exactly like what i had in mind for the kind of person who believes this stuff
https://medium.com/data-feminism/5-questions-on-data-and-teaching-with-laurie-rubel-68fccf12b51

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Jul 14 2021 09:56pm)

Did you read the article? Because she's talking about the objective math trope that is so often used by the 13/50 crowd.

Quote (duffman316 @ Jul 14 2021 09:09pm)

i usually read a few paragraphs at most and leave it at that, the topics are usually ridiculous enough that other people will debate back and forth on it at length ^_^

Quote (duffman316 @ Jul 14 2021 07:09pm)

i usually read a few paragraphs at most and leave it at that, the topics are usually ridiculous enough that other people will debate back and forth on it at length ^_^

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Jul 15 2021 01:56pm)

Did you read the article? Because she's talking about the objective math trope that is so often used by the 3/5 crowd.

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 15 Jul 2021 02:23)

i didnt do that, stop spreading lies or i will have to report you

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 15 Jul 2021 02:23)

i hope you did your duty and made fearmongering posts on social media, because there were a few thunderstorms in the middle of summer #climatecrisis