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[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Say it with me:

No. Research. Is. Useless.

If we say that research is useless because it doesn't bring you mo ey we could stop teaching children math beyond the absolute basics because "it doesn't brinf them anything". This is stupid, because those are the fundamentals that tech children to thing logically and become useful member of society. Same with research. It teaches us the things necessary to maybe invent some of the most useful stuff ever seen

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (10 children)

You say that but I've heard concerningly many people say that there is no point in teaching everyone stuff like basic math because chances are they won't use it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (6 children)

India just removed pythagorean theorem from their educational curriculum for the very reason you mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even carpenters and masons need geometry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Do they though? You need like one guy on the job who understands that stuff, and then a bunch a grunts with speed squares.

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