Some observations

[dvandom]

Inspired by catching a snippet of conversation in the hallway, "...how can someone take algebra if they don't know how to do fractions?"

One: People are, as a rule, remarkably good at forgetting anything that they decide is unimportant.

Two: When it comes to academic topics, people are remarkably bad at correctly determining what is unimportant.

Three: Observation #2 probably applies to most topics, really.

Comments

[lord-xiphos.livejournal.com]

I recently realized just how much I like math.

I've always liked math, but it wasn't untill I was reading an article about the new terabyte hard-drives in a tech journal that I realized just how much I liked math. They were skimming over the difference between SI base-10 use of the prefix system and base-2 use. Nothing I didn't already know, but still fun to read about. It concluded with "Now that we have the boring math out of the way..."

I could not fathom what was so boring about emphasizing the difference between 10^12 and 2^40. And in a journal covering computer technology - historically mired with mathematics - to boot.

[5eh.livejournal.com]

see, I learned that in Chemistry, not Math :-)

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

I worked out that 10³ⁿ ≅ 2¹⁰ⁿ by hand in grade school, I was so excited at my discovery. I was doubling by hand out to 2³⁰ on a piece of graph paper. :)

[lord-xiphos.livejournal.com]

I don't remember where or when I learned that. Both my parents were computer science majors, so it was probably at a very young age.

I have very fond memories of playing with punch cards as a tyke.

My point being I not only did not find it a boring subject, I was a little taken aback for a short moment that the article's author stated said maths as boring.

[5eh.livejournal.com]

I liked Math a lot, sadly we are not compatible so I dumped him for plexq.

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Well, Observation #3 definitely explains the vast majority of politics, at the least...