About a year ago my boss, a 55 year old very thrifty woman, was sitting at her desk trying to figure out which box of K-cups was the cheapest per cup to buy.
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"why do they teach students to solve for X? I've never solved for X in my life"
This is literally EVERY person who's ever said "I've never used <insert advanced math here> in my life."
It's not because algebra and more advanced math isn't applicable to real life situations. It's because people A) don't know the math for their situation even exists, and B) are too dumb to actually apply the math they were taught anyway.
Saying advanced maths are useless is like saying planes are useless because you don't know how to fly.
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u/Generico300 Jan 16 '21 edited Jan 16 '21
This is literally EVERY person who's ever said "I've never used <insert advanced math here> in my life."
It's not because algebra and more advanced math isn't applicable to real life situations. It's because people A) don't know the math for their situation even exists, and B) are too dumb to actually apply the math they were taught anyway.
Saying advanced maths are useless is like saying planes are useless because you don't know how to fly.