Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
Petty multiplication is the opposite of mathematics. Math is abt rigor in abstraction. Mandelbrot was unable to add/substract. He also hated algebra & solved problems geometrically. Myth that traders are "good w/numbers". I can't compute the tip in a restaurant w/o acalculator. — PolitiTweet.org
Jo Boaler @joboaler
@DrEugeniaCheng Says that when we stop students going to higher levels of maths because they aren't good at times t… https://t.co/rsryiukzEw
