> Oh FFS. Everything has a barrier to entry. Just work with it until you get over it.
The problem is that most people's response is "I'd rather give up on it than get over it", so we wind up with a math-illiterate society. If we can make it easier to be math literate, then we encourage a better world. (Your response, which is quite correct, reminds me of http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic.)
The problem is that most people's response is "I'd rather give up on it than get over it", so we wind up with a math-illiterate society. If we can make it easier to be math literate, then we encourage a better world. (Your response, which is quite correct, reminds me of http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic.)