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- From: higgins@fnala.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Innumeracy: Won't You Please Help?(was Re: Whales (SETI))
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.062105.1@fnala.fnal.gov>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 12:21:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.054148.19489@ke4zv.uucp>, gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
- > In article <13754@mindlink.bc.ca> Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow) writes:
- >>gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >>
- >>> Any creature that doesn't grasp mathematics can't be said to be intelligent.
- >>
- >>Well, that lets out a lot of high school graduates. :-)
- >
- > And a lot of college graduates and most politicians. Innumeracy is a
- > major problem.
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- Yes. It's an affliction suffered by billions.
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- Or was that millions?
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- Anyway, "many."
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- Bill Higgins | Every so often, Innumeracy
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | strikes. Out of all Americans,
- Bitnet: HIGGINS@FNAL.BITNET | a lot suffer from it. But
- Internet: HIGGINS@FNAL.FNAL.GOV | we can win the fight against
- SPAN/Hepnet: 43011::HIGGINS | Innumeracy with your help.
- | All it takes is a few pennies a day.
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