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Mathematics Skills More in Demand Than Ever

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 13, 2006 @01:31AM from the i-just-watch-numb3rs dept.

knownsense writes "Business week has a nice article (feel good, low on detail, vague numbers) on the rise of maths and mathematicians in a world that is increasingly obsessed with statistics, advertising, search engines, and algorithms. The article also deals with issues of privacy. How has mathematics, statistics and other number driven aspects of life impacted you in the last decade?"

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FIRST POST EAT SHIT by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-13 01:33 · Score: -1, Redundant

FIRST POST EAT SHIT
Maths is rubbish by Slackdog · 2006-01-13 02:14 · Score: -1, Redundant

i always fail my maths exams.
You should know by bobbuck · 2006-01-13 02:35 · Score: 0, Redundant

It doesn't matter. 93.7% of all statistics are made up.