The consequences of "Christian mathematics"
Over at Good Math, Bad Math Mark Chu-Carroll takes on "Christian geometry" as taught in a Baptist school. That post is excellent, as Mark demonstrates why math is God-neutral. Even better is this comment:
"Students will understand the absolute consistency of mathematical principles and know that God was the inventor of that consistency."And it's the truth, too.
Muhahaha.
All your jobs are soo belong to us.
Posted by: BangaloreCoolie
(Does anyone even remember why the giant leap to secular, scientific education in the 1950s? Anyone? Or are we indeed doomed?)
Labels: freethought, humor, links, science
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At 1:55 AM, August 11, 2007
Anonymous had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->(Does anyone even remember why the giant leap to secular, scientific education in the 1950s? Anyone? Or are we indeed doomed?)
I do, but I was four years old when Sputnik 1 and 2 went up, and I was also a child of "the new math" -- which, in my school, at least, was very cool: geometry in second grade, set theory in third grade, and algebra in fifth grade.
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