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Reply Hexaditidom, 15 Jan 2011 11:00 am

- For one of the many jobs that haven't been invented yet. (And the many many more than have been.)

- For your next math class. Imagine if you never learned multiplication because you didn't know when you'd use it.

- For the rise of the machines. One day your calculator will refuse to do your bidding.

- Even our most powerful computers still think in 1's and 0's and not true math concepts, and suffer from roundoff error.

- I can show you with a word problem. Would you like to do more of those?

But my favorite answer by far is posted on a teacher's wall at my current placement. It goes like this:

NEVER. You will never use this. People don't lift weights so they'll be prepared should, one day, somebody knock them over on the street and trap them under a barbell. You lift weights so that you can knock over a defensive lineman, or carry your groceries or lift your grandchildren without being sore the next day.
You do math exercises so that you can improve your ability to think logically, so that you can be a better lawyer, doctor, architect, prison warden or parent.
MATH IS MENTAL WEIGHT TRAINING.
It is a means to an end, (for most people), not an end in itself.

Take that, Question duck.

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Reply Blue Rose, 18 Jan 2011 01:37 am

Brilliantly said.

Reply Supersheep64, 18 Jan 2011 05:20 am

But it's hard! DX

Reply The Kerrek, 01 Feb 2011 04:48 pm

Calculus. D:

Reply Twentydragon, 02 Feb 2011 06:18 am

Calculus II. O.o

Reply dj (Guest), 31 Mar 2011 02:16 am

Uh Its algebra retards... not calc... goddamn. what is this world coming to...

Reply Guest, 07 May 2011 08:34 am

That's not quite accurate The lines should all have " = 0" at the end of them except for the last one. Then it makes sense.

Reply Lenoxus (Guest), 01 Mar 2012 05:20 am

"Calculus" is meant as an answer to "When will we use this?", not as a description of what's in the picture.

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