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July 30th, 2009, 02:23 PM
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why waste your time with trig when calculus is superior? |
July 30th, 2009, 02:57 PM
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I don't fully understand what you're saying.
May be an example? |
July 30th, 2009, 02:59 PM
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just saying, if someone wanted to teach thier animal a subject, they would teach them Trig, because obviously ANYONE can learn that.
Calculus is an amazing tool. Trig is more of a comedy routine. |
July 30th, 2009, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Krizalid  I don't fully understand what you're saying.
May be an example? | It's the sound made by a single brain cell firing
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July 30th, 2009, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by the calculus kid just saying, if someone wanted to teach thier animal a subject, they would teach them Trig, because obviously ANYONE can learn that.
Calculus is an amazing tool. Trig is more of a comedy routine. | Mr. the_calculus_kid, You might enjoy these..... George Eliot: "He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow." James D. Watson: "Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty." Samuel Butler: "The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance."
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July 31st, 2009, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by the calculus kid why waste your time with trig when calculus is superior? | Was it not Bourbaki that proclaimed "Down with triangles! Death to Euclid" (in French, obviously)?
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