That Cargo Cult Lie Again

Dec 23, 2010 08:12


In an otherwise excellent defence of Mathematics as a fundamental component of a liberal education, professor Robert Lewis of Fordham University once again draws on the old South Pacific cargo cult chestnut to illustrate Bad Thinking about Mathematics:

The story may seem sad, amusing, or pathetic, but what does that have to do with mathematics ( Read more... )

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Discerning... anonymous December 28 2010, 10:07:28 UTC
Mmmm.... So, you mean, if we write enough about freedom, it will happen?

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