tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post2590423735219258458..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Problem-SolvingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-5702996258000287452012-06-29T23:05:46.095+01:002012-06-29T23:05:46.095+01:00Depends on what degree of proficiency in maths you...Depends on what degree of proficiency in maths you are talking about. This would include, as TA explains, a willingness to look at numbers in some sort of context.<br /><br />In fact, I think people are better at maths in the abstract sense than in the real world. Ask them whether they'd rather have a £200 cash gift for their birthday or for Xmas, and some people would choose one and some would choose the other. They can tell it's the same thing.<br /><br />But ask them whether the "Winter Fuel Allowance" should be scrapped, they wail about pensioners freezing to death in winter, if you offer to increase the state pension by £4 a week and they'll tell you it's not enough.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-80635748387367192742012-06-29T03:09:20.918+01:002012-06-29T03:09:20.918+01:00Let's set aside "ability in mathematics&q...Let's set aside "ability in mathematics" and just shoot for a willingness to look at things mathematically rather than politically.<br /><br />Show most people a graph these days and they will tell you it shows that [insert political name here] is right and [insert political name here] is wrong.<br /><br />I look at graphs to see how economic quantities are related and how the relations change over time. Not enough politics for most people, I guess.<br /><br />Ding. It's beer o'clock.The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.com