tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post8006594323277105602..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Can a biologist fix a radio?Michael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-52458910945156354262008-04-08T23:11:00.000-07:002008-04-08T23:11:00.000-07:00Yes, but by then it is too late.Yes, but by then it is too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-34125232615724858712008-04-08T22:15:00.000-07:002008-04-08T22:15:00.000-07:00"Nah, math is too easy, I decided to be an English...<EM>"Nah, math is too easy, I decided to be an English mejor."</EM><BR/><BR/>Math is too easy at the college calculus level (though the standards will vary from one university to another.) It gets progressively harder <EM>and</EM> interesting only after that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-26665771521308704282008-04-08T03:00:00.000-07:002008-04-08T03:00:00.000-07:00Actually a friend of mine who is a math professor ...Actually a friend of mine who is a math professor at Kyoto Unirersity told me a while ago that the biology majors in his math classes were doing much better than the math majors. "It looks like the smartest students don't go into mathematics any longer," he said. It looks like undergraduate mathemstics is simply not interesting enough for truly bright people. Some college calculus teacher said there was a stuednt in her class that did really well, but when she asked whether he would go into math, he replied: "Nah, math is too easy, I decided to be an English mejor." It looks like there is a serious brain drain, and it's not a good news for mathematics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-21045709229587736442008-04-07T06:43:00.000-07:002008-04-07T06:43:00.000-07:00if I'm not mistaken the biology undergrads already...<I>if I'm not mistaken the biology undergrads already take calculus, but they think it's unnecessary for them.</I><BR/><BR/>It goes back to a friend of mine's turnaround on business schools. He used to snicker, "you mean they're telling grown adults that high-school algebra actually works in the real world?" Now he says, better late than never.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com