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@beforewisdom case in point, flat-earthers when their own experiments measured curvature. @beforewisdom P.S. Follow #MathsMonday (or me directly) for semi-regular posts on actual #math (not Google's (mis)understanding of it) π @beforewisdom You must be British. It sounds like fun, but my math days are over. It is just arithmetic for me now on. Time and energy. I'm afraid confirmation bias is hard wired in all of us and we only do better when inspired to go against our nature. @beforewisdom Interesting that you mention #arithmetic as what I've found is the students who say they hate #Maths are the students who actually are lacking in their arithmetic skills! (so OF COURSE they are struggling with the harder stuff). Once they're up to speed with that they don't hate #math anymore! @SmartmanApps Americans don't use the "maths" abbreviation, so that gave me a clue. I never had a problem with arithmetic I didn't come to appreciate higher math until I was an adult and took a career path where I don't need to use it very often.. @beforewisdom @beforewisdom I believe you, it is a common thing. Some right wing guy asked me why I never believed his version of reality. I told him that the version of the news I accept comes from multiple sources and all around the world. He somehow managed to find an Australian right wing kook with his own show to back up what he heard on Fox News. π Just like your story, he kept on looking until he found someone that told him what he wanted to hear. @beforewisdom @beforewisdom @SmartmanApps LOL, the first few times I heard it from a British monk I watched I wondered what was wrong with him. :-) |
@beforewisdom "your well-studied facts got nothing against my firmly-held beliefs about how easy it is to change firmly-held beliefs." π