Originally Posted by Dude
Good grief. Here's yet another episode of an educator completely missing the point. Math is a complete abstraction. You shouldn't be feeling anything about numbers except in context.

Seven what?? Dollars left in my bank account? Buxom lasses attending my every whim? Because I feel very differently about those things.

I feel that math, even in it's alleged "complete abstraction" form, is an existential threat to the American Dream.

That's how I *feel* about numbers and math. And when I *feel* something this strongly, I know that I can and must *act*.

I say that we take off and nuke math from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.