tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post8489034769986162160..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Muslims and MathDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-27481566721730119832007-02-25T18:10:00.000-08:002007-02-25T18:10:00.000-08:00Just to let you know, I'm another anonymous person...Just to let you know, I'm another anonymous person (I'm the one who made the first comment).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-60029008096805502352007-02-23T15:12:00.000-08:002007-02-23T15:12:00.000-08:00Because there are plenty of people out there--even...Because there are plenty of people out there--even my fellow Americans, unfortunately--who like to follow al-Reuters' lead.<BR/><BR/>So again, which generalizations are arrogant? Might they be like this one: "A lot (Arabs/Moslems?) are still smarter than everyone else today"?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-18389276045296322412007-02-23T15:04:00.000-08:002007-02-23T15:04:00.000-08:00Why'd you know it would happen?Why'd you know it would happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-53268098068690709602007-02-23T14:14:00.000-08:002007-02-23T14:14:00.000-08:00Here we go. I knew it would happen.Care to identi...Here we go. I knew it would happen.<BR/><BR/>Care to identify which generalizations indicate arrogance? Or is it easier to hide behind anonymity and toss out bogus arguments?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-24045145222851189852007-02-23T13:42:00.000-08:002007-02-23T13:42:00.000-08:00They invented Algebra. A lot are still smarter th...They invented Algebra. A lot are still smarter than everyone else today. By the way, generalizations like the ones you made indicate arrogance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-11911124041244625712007-02-23T11:01:00.000-08:002007-02-23T11:01:00.000-08:00That seems like how roller coasters have a clothoi...That seems like how roller coasters have a clothoid loop. The circular loop caused lots of pain, but then some designers just "discovered" that the clothoid shape "worked". Just like how a chambered nautalis doesn't care that it has a geometric mean, even though the math books always use it as a real world application.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com