If there’s a problem with political discourse, it’s not that speech turns rational people into irrational killers. It’s how so many people, especially young people have been taught to believe violence is justified, and how others think it acceptable to dishonor the dead for political reasons. In mathematics, there are numbers that are deemed irrational… Continue reading The danger of rationalizing the irrational and the real danger of political rhetoric
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Math, yes, math, as in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, is racist now too
The woke army marches into classrooms with a new guide on “Deconstructing Racism in Mathematics Instruction,” urging teachers to pursue an “ethnomathematics” to return math to its proper “cultural ways of being.” Once again, a ridiculous 22-year old paper casts a long shadow... “These common practices that perpetuate white supremacy culture create and sustain institutional… Continue reading Math, yes, math, as in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, is racist now too

