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the idea of integer counting is somewhat western.

Posted on: July 7, 2020 at 10:54:26 CT

CulturedDan MU

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Some primitive tribes think of numbers as exponents and some research shows that babies think exponentially until they're trained to think on an integer-scale as they develop.

No link, just some interesting podcast from the past.

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This woman is a teacher... - JeffB MU

- 7/7 10:43:44

stupid gotta stupid - JG MU

- 7/7 11:59:44

I have 2 + 2 items to sell on eBay, so should I list 5? - Tigrrrr! MU

- 7/7 11:33:39

I wonder if this foolishness helps keep black - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/7 12:26:52

lol she locked her account(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 7/7 11:01:47

Well communist have always said 2+2=5 for the - tcat KC - 7/7 10:50:04

using rounding rules, it COULD be true(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/7 11:29:45

No, it's made for you to question - tcat KC - 7/7 11:39:36

Lower standards. Let's hope one of her students doesn't - hokie VT - 7/7 10:49:18

Basic mathematics, such as 2 + 2 =4, was developed in the - ummmm MU - 7/7 10:49:03

the idea of integer counting is somewhat western. - dangertim MU

- 7/7 10:54:26

I guess I'm a little confused by her Tweet. - ummmm MU - 7/7 10:56:46

RE: I guess I'm a little confused by her Tweet. - pickle MU

- 7/7 11:53:57

My guess is - mizzouSECedes STL - 7/7 11:00:29

I don't know...maybe I was. giving her too much credit. - dangertim MU

- 7/7 10:58:43

I don't think it was parody at all & she locked her account(nm) - JeffB MU

- 7/7 12:00:22

Someone apparently gave her a lot of credits.(nm) - sprintcar STL - 7/7 11:20:27

Someone hired that racist idiot. When diversity is more - hokie VT - 7/7 10:52:50

If a slave came up with mathematics - mizzouSECedes STL - 7/7 10:46:43

Wouldn't it be cultural appropriation then? Or theft? (nm) - JeffB MU

- 7/7 11:49:12

There's a good chance that slaves in Egypt and the Middle - ummmm MU - 7/7 10:50:21

basicly, if you weren't a land owner, you were a slave - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/7 10:55:59

true. commerce was the driving force for what we - dangertim MU

- 7/7 10:55:57