Recreational Mathematics

Griff · 10-25-2012, 08:18 PM

Even the title of this thread makes me anxious. I do the maths if I need them, but childhood trauma prevents ever attaching recreation to them.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-25-2012, 08:30 PM

Counting...

Gravdigr · 10-26-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Even the title of this thread makes me anxious. I do the maths if I need them, but childhood trauma prevents ever attaching recreation to them.

What Griff said.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Even the title of this thread makes me anxious. I do the maths if I need them, but childhood trauma prevents ever attaching recreation to them.

With very good reason.

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A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago has found that for people who get anxious at the idea of doing mathematics, just preparing to do a math problem can trigger activity in a part of your brain that registers physical pain.

Trilby · 11-20-2012, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

With very good reason.

well, MY dad used to just hit me.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-21-2012, 03:51 AM

Had the same effect, and indirectly, the same cause.
Of course there was the additional problem of him feeling inferior to someone as smart and attractive as you.

Trilby · 11-21-2012, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Of course there was the additional problem of him feeling inferior to someone as smart and attractive as you.

U so funny.

I love you long time.

tw · 11-21-2012, 08:48 AM

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For someone who has math anxiety, the anticipation of doing math prompts a similar brain reaction as when they experience pain—say, burning one’s hand on a hot stove.

Barbie said math is hard. Some people even believe philosophies taught by a doll.

Which proves a serious need for iconoclasts.

Lamplighter · 11-21-2012, 08:54 AM

Why study math when they'll never use it ?

Griff · 11-23-2012, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Barbie said math is hard. Some people even believe philosophies taught by a doll.

Actually it would be math teachers without "soft" or basic human skills, who make math hard. I learned it whenever I needed it, but was programmed by math teachers very early on to never enjoy it.

10-25-2012, 08:18 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Even the title of this thread makes me anxious. I do the maths if I need them, but childhood trauma prevents ever attaching recreation to them. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Counting... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-21-2012, 03:51 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Had the same effect, and indirectly, the same cause. Of course there was the additional problem of him feeling inferior to someone as smart and attractive as you. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Why study math when they'll never use it ?

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