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[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (14 children)

It's also a day without using anything he learned in art, or geography, or chemistry, or English literature, or history, or pretty much anything he studied in school after age 10. Why does math get singled out?

[–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I use basic math daily. I use algebra frequently.

I have not use trigonometry since I passed high school trigonometry.

Most people in modern society don't use it.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I like to view things with quantum physics in mind. "That's weird and counter-intuitive...", "I guess it's meant to be that way."

Obviously it doesn't apply to everything, and often your gut feeling is probably right. But the philosophy helps in keeping an open mind.

With trigonometry, you don't use it directly, but AC electricity and radio waves (eg WiFi or your phone) extensively rely on it.

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