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Oh, you mean the kind of abstract thinking and problem solving skills you develop from reading history and literature and applying them to the events of the day? Yeah, I totally understood that. Still not sure where Calculus fits in, though.



>Yeah, I totally understood that. Still not sure where Calculus fits in, though.

If I need to tell you how one of the most important theories in mathematics, with broad applicability to all data-based academic fields and all careers which have to do with manipulating and investigating data, is important, then the entire school system has failed you. And I am not sure what you are doing on a site like this.

>Oh, you mean the kind of abstract thinking and problem solving skills you develop from reading history and literature and applying them to the events of the day?

lol




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