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June 24, 2009
On Why It Is So Important
Jay at mu-pad3-da provides a nice gentle rant on his issues with what he calls "maths." He also provides a link to Eleanor Robson's faculty page where one can find some abnormally interesting material on ancient Mesopotamian mathematics. While Jay may not think so, it is good that his research is forcing him to learn statistics and other math related stuff. In addition to the use of statistics in linguistics, an understanding of statistics is a now absolutely necessity for getting along in our world. If one doesn't know statistics, one is condemned to making many bad decisions in ignorance. With a good working knowledge of statistics, one will be empowered to make the same bad decisions with a mathematically rigorous understanding of reason for one's mistakes.
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Oh, I absolutely think so. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I've always been fascinated by the way pundits attempt to use statistics to skew public favor, for example. I've always appreciated my (very little) training in sociological statistics. It's the pure mathematical statistics that I dread if only because it makes my head hurt ...
Posted by: Jay at June 25, 2009 9:20 AM
I thought you might be interested in learning about OUR Jewish traditions which embrace the real Christ. We are the Frankist Association of America. One of our members has a new book out:
These are our teachings passed on through generations. If you can't afford the book you can see the website of one of our teachers - http://www.stephanhuller.blogspot.com.
Shalom
Beth El Jacob Frank
Posted by: jacob at June 26, 2009 7:26 AM
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