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by xdavidliu 45 days ago
this is the type of math they should be teaching in high school, not trigonometry and calculus (which should be electives)
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Calculating 1870/500000*66 is kind of basic arithmetic that is covered in high school. They could maybe have some classes in debunking bs media claims which are quite plentiful these days?
I'm of course not talking about the arithmetic, but rather understanding the semantics of ratios, sets, and subsets, and inferring statistical significance.
A philosophy course on logic should be sufficient.