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Woke Math And The Intentional Destruction Of Free, Independent Thought
Legal Insurrection via InstapunditThere are features of American wokeness that make me gasp that socialism in the U.S. is going to be worse than the USSR where I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. The ongoing effort to transform mathematics education into a crypto-Marxist indoctrination vehicle seems like the sign of things to come. The California Department of Education recently drafted "Equitable Math" framework that, if implemented, will destroy what’s left of mathematics education in the Golden State. Along with the directive to privilege students on the basis of sex and skin color, the proposal essentially calls for the end of math. Fox News explains, "Another document calls for centering ’ethnomathematics,’ designing a ’culturally sustainable math space,’ and supporting students ’to reclaim their mathematical ancestry.'" ...Mathematics developed over the course of centuries, and across many civilizations. Because it reveals eternal truths, it can be practiced by anyone. The purpose of a mathematics classroom is to teach students mathematics, not to confuse them with anthropological data relating to counting. ...The most revealing question, however, is not about the "oppressive mathematical practices," or even about doubting the centrality of being right. These discussion topics naturally flow out of lack of understanding of methodology revealed in the question "Why/how does data-driven processes prevent liberation?" Math is not a data-driven, inductive field like the physical sciences where conclusions are reached by collecting and studying evidence. Math works by deduction, a top-down process of reaching conclusions that are true for all numbers. As I pointed out, because it’s deductive, math is "hermetically proofed from any ideological contamination. If physical sciences still depend on data-gathering, math does not. Feelings and subjective experiences absolutely cannot figure into mathematical inquiry." We are back to the #1 liberal problem - refusing to admit that humans differ in innate ability. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-19 |
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