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war on math

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Denyse O'Leary
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November 24, 2021
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Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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At Mind Matters News: If reality is fundamentally mathematical, why the war on math?

Denyse O'Leary
November 24, 2021
Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
Perhaps we all need to recall something: The Iron Ring of the Canadian engineers is forged from the steel of a bridge that collapsed and cost 75 lives. That ring is intended as a warning, not a training manual. It turns out that in the real world, right or wrong answers in math do matter. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Philosophy, Science
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At Mind Matters News: Jonathan Bartlett Coming to the Defense of Classical Logic

Denyse O'Leary
November 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Philosophy, Science
Bartlett: It seems odd that classical logic would need defending, but, in modern times, this seems to indeed be the case. Many modern scholars see the need for demoting the place of classical logic and viewing it as an aspect of western cultural imperialism. In reality, classical logic is a gift to civilization. It was created in the classical west, but its benefit is that it belongs to everyone and can be equally wielded by anyone who chooses to do so. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 31, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Science
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Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne speaks out on the war on math

Denyse O'Leary
August 31, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Science
Some of us remember when Darwinian commenters chided us for writing about the war on math and the war on science. Now that Jerry Coyne is starting to talk about it, will they start to listen? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 26, 2021
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Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
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Jonathan Bartlett: Antiracism in Math Promotes Racism and Bad Math

Denyse O'Leary
February 26, 2021
Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
Bartlett: … one thing that is helpful for parents, students, and teachers is for students to show their work. I know it can be hard to get students to do this. My own children hate to do it. However, being explicit about the steps in their reasoning is important for a number of reasons. First, showing their work helps students with harder problems... So, what does Equitable Math say about this practice? According to their published guide, "White supremacy culture shows up in math class when students are required to show their work" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 13, 2021
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Culture, Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
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Chronicles of the war on math: Why math is racist

Denyse O'Leary
February 13, 2021
Culture, Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
Wethinks that the big winners are teachers who can’t teach, protected by unions. The big losers are kids who leave school innumerate and must cope with a workplace that no longer needs innumerate people. We have machines now. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 4, 2021
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Mathematics, Media, Science
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Rob Sheldon responds to News’s recent Salvo article, “War on Math”

Denyse O'Leary
January 4, 2021
Mathematics, Media, Science
Sheldon: Talking to a retired St Louis public high school math teacher, the battle was first enjoined 30 years ago over Geometry--eliminating it from the curriculum. Why? Because it was the only course that taught logic, he said. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Naturalism
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Mathematical Association of America gone Woke: Math is created by humans

Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Naturalism
Math is not, of course, created by humans but only recognized by humans—a critical distinction. 2 + 2 = 4, even if the Woke burn down research labs under the banner of “2 + 2 = 5!” The biggest losers will, of course, be those with the fewest private resources when public ones are destroyed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 23, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Naturalism
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Mathematicians debate the war on math

Denyse O'Leary
September 23, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Naturalism
Carlo Rovelli stops short of saying that 2+2=5 but the article gives every sense that many would love to go there if only they could get some kind of a nudge. It is far to say that the war on Platonism is just the war on math, PhD version. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 19, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Naturalism
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Arithmetic as racism: A teacher’s reflections on the progressive war on math

Denyse O'Leary
August 19, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Naturalism
Mahlberg: English philosopher G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) saw the early signs of the West’s abandonment of objective truth, and in a cheeky tone, he warned: We shall soon be in a world in which a man may be howled down for saying that two and two make four, in which people will persecute the heresy of calling a triangle a three-sided figure, and hang a man for maddening a mob with the news that grass is green… Read More ›