SamuelMulder

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by SamuelMulder 12y ago
Thanks! I'm very interested in this approach and will take a look. Wish I could find something like it in English, as I don't speak Russian :)
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by SamuelMulder 12y ago
Do you mind sharing more information? What school was this?
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by SamuelMulder 12y ago
Your two points are really the same point. The reason that people don't understand what mathematicians do, is because we've been referring to calculation as mathematics our whole lives. If we did a better part separating the two
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by SamuelMulder 12y ago
Maybe not as simple as you think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYemnKEKx0c
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I just realized it might not be that easy to find my contact info. I added it to the website, but it is my username here, no caps, at gmail.com
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
The Lego Friends theme doesn't have firefighters because it is focused on social relationships, not overcoming conflict. It doesn't have to be a girl vs boy thing (although it is undoubtedly targeted toward girls to compete with
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
As a mathematician, how much time do you spend studying proofs written by other people? I'm genuinely curious, because I think that if I wanted to be a novelist, I would spend a lot of time reading novels before trying to write one. I
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I'm still struggling with how to handle this. On the one hand, it makes a lot of sense for it to be public. On the other, I've given up a lot to spend time developing it (including going part time on my day job), and I would lov
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I think you're absolutely right that math has to be motivated. A lot of the effort to motivate it is to provide problems that students understand relate to the real world. Most of them come across as contrived. You hit on a good conc
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
ESR is being extremely condescending and patronizing. I don't consider that friendly or helpful. He's giving tons of hand-wavy pop psychology in response to a technical issue on which he's out of his depth. His "exper
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
Linus wisely declined to respond to this extremely condescending comment by someone who was out of their depth and didn't clearly understand the issue at hand.
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
Probably depends on whether you are in Minnesota, trying to get warmth, or in Phoenix trying to stay in the shade...
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
He didn't ask whether it was an honorable, noble thing to do, he asked whether they were "obligated" to do it. Once you are obligated to do something, it is no longer honorable or noble just to do it. Your uncle stood out b
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I agree completely. I'm working on a curriculum just like this :)
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
Abstract algebra, number theory, geometry, logic, topology, graph theory - off the top of my head.
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
Agreed, but I'm not sure the solution is upping the statistical standards so much as educating researchers about what the statistical standards actually mean, how to use them, and how to construct a valid, repeatable experiment.
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
The number of us who look at the school system today and see it as barbaric and ineffective is growing rapidly...
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
There is something to this, but I think it is very easy to discount the amount of work that others put in. Also, these things are cumulative, so someone who has put in more work earlier in their schooling will have an easier time learning
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I've thought a lot about this and haven't found many good resources. I finally gave up and started reading history of math books. Unfortunately, most of them are aimed at grad students in history or grad students in math. It has
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
You are good at math and bad at calculation. There are branches of math where calculation is not so important... also, use a computer for the calculations :)
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
Good for you! "The difference between good at math and bad at math is hard work. It’s trying. It’s trying hard. It’s trying harder than you’ve ever tried before. That’s it." I love this quote. I think that nails it. When you see
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
By this criteria, there is very little science going on anywhere. We don't teach philosophy of science enough anymore. In most of the fields that I'm familiar with, reproducibility is very hard and rarely bothered about by eithe
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
It would be interesting to look into this. My experience has been that multi-disciplinary researchers are more likely to be familiar with a broader range of research and familiar with statistical techniques across their different disciplin
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I haven't seen any reason to believe that being multidisciplinary makes this more likely. The whole problem is caused by the fact that most of the single-disciplinary researchers are using bad statistics. Very few degree programs give
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
True, the millions of children killed by chemistry sets don't live to tell...
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I don't understand the liability issue. He isn't selling it as a toy, it is a science kit. Anyone can walk into any store and buy stuff that is dangerous if ingested or misused... cleaning supplies, cooking knives, etc. Parents
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I hope so too, but I hope that for those not buying the set as well. Seriously, parents should be looking for opportunities to teach responsibility and work with real "stuff". This is not exactly as dangerous as a loaded gun. Mo
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
I wish I lived near enough to visit. Very inspiring story.
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
Well, every major shop sells knives which will mess you up and you shouldn't let kids play with unattended without some training. I don't see why the chemicals are such a big deal. Should be an opportunity to teach responsibility
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by SamuelMulder 13y ago
Main comments in the original video about taste were that it was pretty nasty. Also smells bad.

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