As a woman in a math career (actuary), gonna warn her & others it's not like the logic lets up at any point. Perhaps it would be better not to do a bait & switch.
If you think it would be wise to lighten up on the precision and logic in math and calculation, how about trying that with the IRS, and let us know how that goes. Best wishes!
Ah, Geithner, and yes. It helps to be of the "correct" party and having the right friends. Not just -any- Democrat would get to lie about underpaying their self-employment taxes! And taking deductions you shouldn't!
2 + 2 doesn't have to equal 4, if that answer doesn't make women feel good, or if they're on their periods and feel that 4 isn't BIG enough at the time.
Math is hard; ideology is easy. These mediocrities do nothing more than churn out professionally uneducated men and women and destroy the institutions which they infest.
I could not agree more. I was a double major in college - Chemistry and Math, magna cum in both. This was at Tufts U in 1970 before grade inflation really took off. I was a whiz at advanced, applied math, but abstract algebra nearly was the death of me - barely managed to scrape out a B-
I see the idea that mathematics education should serve a "more holistic sense of truth" as akin to the "New Math" educational fad. Among other things, it taught the use of Venn diagrams, so beloved of Vice President Harris. New Math was famously satirized by singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer (Professor of Mathematics and Music at UC Santa Cruz was his backup career). I'll never forget the line "... in the new approach ... the important thing is "to understand what you're doing," rather than "to get the right answer."
That is of course nonsense. There have been fine women mathematicians, And scientists. Just not as many, mostly because they aren't pushed in that direction.
The professor is falling into the "All X are Y" trap.
She's way behind the times-- yes the educational system developed catered to men's tendency to emphasize rationalism over emotionalism.
That education system was completely revamped in the '70s to prioritize women's tendency to emphasize emotionalism over rationalism. You'll not in survey's of female college students- 60-70% believe it is better to suppress truth if it makes some people uncomfortable.
Both men and women are completely capable of rational and logical thought-- despite innate tendencies. Engineering and the other hard sciences rely on math and truth and rational reasoning. You can't just go by how you feel metal should behave, you need to deal with it's actual quantifiable properties in a design.
"“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is.
I could not agree more. I was a double major in college - Chemistry and Math and got magna cum in both. This was in 1970 before grade inflation took off. I was a whiz at advanced applied math, but abstract algebra was nearly the death of me. Barely scraped out a B-
Wow. Just WOW. Truth is OBJECTIVE, it cannot be changed by women's FEELINGS. Using feelings as a 'tool' for STEM understanding is no different than using a blow torch to make water into ice cubes.
As a woman in a math career (actuary), gonna warn her & others it's not like the logic lets up at any point. Perhaps it would be better not to do a bait & switch.
If you think it would be wise to lighten up on the precision and logic in math and calculation, how about trying that with the IRS, and let us know how that goes. Best wishes!
No problem, just blame it on TurboTax.
Yeaaaah that doesn’t protect you
Worked for Greither
Ah, Geithner, and yes. It helps to be of the "correct" party and having the right friends. Not just -any- Democrat would get to lie about underpaying their self-employment taxes! And taking deductions you shouldn't!
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/01/geithner-blames-.html
Not everybody gets to lie about their taxes and get away with it.
Let me see if I understand..... Women need an irrational and untruthful environment to feel good and succeed?
2 + 2 doesn't have to equal 4, if that answer doesn't make women feel good, or if they're on their periods and feel that 4 isn't BIG enough at the time.
Math is hard; ideology is easy. These mediocrities do nothing more than churn out professionally uneducated men and women and destroy the institutions which they infest.
Yeah, math takes work, especially when you get to the more advanced topics. And pure math? That seems to eat all your processing power.
I could not agree more. I was a double major in college - Chemistry and Math, magna cum in both. This was at Tufts U in 1970 before grade inflation really took off. I was a whiz at advanced, applied math, but abstract algebra nearly was the death of me - barely managed to scrape out a B-
Rather than challenge the BS she is peddling, simply ask her to apply her paradigm to female-dominated majors.
So much balderdash. I was a woman in 1963 when I scored the highest in my school's history in the nationally standardized trigonometry test.
I trust you still are one?
Yes, but still 18 in my mind.
I see the idea that mathematics education should serve a "more holistic sense of truth" as akin to the "New Math" educational fad. Among other things, it taught the use of Venn diagrams, so beloved of Vice President Harris. New Math was famously satirized by singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer (Professor of Mathematics and Music at UC Santa Cruz was his backup career). I'll never forget the line "... in the new approach ... the important thing is "to understand what you're doing," rather than "to get the right answer."
his team of "researchers" conclude...
Talk about gutting an institution and then wearing its skin to claim the status it once held...
That is of course nonsense. There have been fine women mathematicians, And scientists. Just not as many, mostly because they aren't pushed in that direction.
The professor is falling into the "All X are Y" trap.
No, mostly because male and female brains and tendencies are different. Nature sorts organically, Woke ideology is forced and insane.
She's way behind the times-- yes the educational system developed catered to men's tendency to emphasize rationalism over emotionalism.
That education system was completely revamped in the '70s to prioritize women's tendency to emphasize emotionalism over rationalism. You'll not in survey's of female college students- 60-70% believe it is better to suppress truth if it makes some people uncomfortable.
Both men and women are completely capable of rational and logical thought-- despite innate tendencies. Engineering and the other hard sciences rely on math and truth and rational reasoning. You can't just go by how you feel metal should behave, you need to deal with it's actual quantifiable properties in a design.
"“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is.
And you must bend to its power or live a lie.”
― Miyamoto Musashi
This is how civilization ends.
I can't help but think any self-respecting 1970s feminist would be outraged by this.
I could not agree more. I was a double major in college - Chemistry and Math and got magna cum in both. This was in 1970 before grade inflation took off. I was a whiz at advanced applied math, but abstract algebra was nearly the death of me. Barely scraped out a B-
Wow. Just WOW. Truth is OBJECTIVE, it cannot be changed by women's FEELINGS. Using feelings as a 'tool' for STEM understanding is no different than using a blow torch to make water into ice cubes.
Actually, mathematics is about a lot more than "just numbers." Think topology, geometry, and some areas of abstract algebra, among other math topics.
The first thing that came to mind when reading this was Melvin Udall's response to the receptionist when she asked how he wrote women so well.
Is that wrong?
The operative word in the headline is "Professor" That is where all the DEI nonsense comes from.