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Study Shows Good With Math Means Bad With People

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the numbers-are-my-only-friends dept.

Sylentmode writes "A recent study by Brookings Institution's Brown Center shows that students who are good with math are less likely to be happy, and are likely to have low confidence. From the article "In essence, happiness is overrated" says study author Tom Loveless. I wonder if Loveless is just a nickname, because he is so good with math."

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  1. according to my calculations... by LeonardsLiver · · Score: 5, Funny

    people suck...

    1. Re:according to my calculations... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, people are dumb. Get with the program and get the T-shirt. :P

    2. Re:according to my calculations... by qazsedcft · · Score: 2, Funny

      IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH!

  2. more than just the two by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A recent study by Brookings Institution's Brown Center shows that students who are good with math are less likely to be happy, and are likely to have low confidence.

    Yeah, well, I think there's 10 types of people in this world. People who are good at binary, and ... 9 more.

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    1. Re:more than just the two by TheDreadSlashdotterD · · Score: 5, Funny

      You obviously aren't very good with binary. Does that make you happy?

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  3. Nominative determinism by Karloskar · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think Tom Loveless is suffering from a variant of nominative determinism with that finding.

  4. ignorance is bliss by irtza · · Score: 3, Funny

    and finally a study to prove it. Now all we need is one more and we'll have a happy three studies!!! wait, if they do another one after that it'll be seven wonderous studies!

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    1. Re:ignorance is bliss by joeslugg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes! That's seven! Seven wonderful studies!!

      AH! AH! AH! AHH! (lightning and thunder)

      I LOVE counting them!

  5. H1 by Quaoar · · Score: 4, Funny

    H1 = T_h * e^-re; 1 = R_e / (SPE)^c * t * f(u) + l^2 / y; |d|i s_a / g^2 * (r_e)^e; I(h, a) = v ~ e; e^x * c_e * l^2 / (e^n * t) + s^(-oci) / a^l + |s_k|i * l^2 / s!

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  6. Sounds bogus to me by unitron · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Good With Math Means Bad With People"

    If that were true I'd be much better at math.

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  7. No kidding! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I kicked the math habit, and got laid!

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  8. Re: Overrated by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Didn't anyone stop to think that maybe math is overrated?

    According to my calculations, it's overrated by a factor of about 2.7

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  9. Re:Um, yeah? by servognome · · Score: 5, Funny
    How many guys do you know that can recite PI to the 100th place and swoon at the thought of the Pythagorean Theorem proven geometrically are going to turn on that red hot number at the end of the bar?

    They have numbers in bars?! I'm not sure about "turning it on" whatever that means, but I'd probably be able to factor it and recite it as a multiple of pi.
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  10. Re: Overrated by rk · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have refined your calculations and computed it to 10 significant figures: 2.7182818285.

  11. Obligatory Simpsons Reference by Nova+Express · · Score: 5, Funny
    Lisa: Dad, as intelligence goes up, happiness often goes down. In fact, I made a graph! [sadly] I make a lot of graphs.

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  12. Re:it's a learned disability by ampmouse · · Score: 2, Funny
    Kids who are good at maath are frequently "taught" via positive reinforcement to be social misfits by society.
    I think that the kids who are good at math need to learn English before they can fit in with society.
  13. Re:it's a learned disability by crashelite · · Score: 3, Funny

    humm anti social or bad with ppl no math ppl being bad at spelling grammar and all that yes totally agree

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  14. This reminds me... by NerveGas · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... of one of my calculus professors from college. The guy was so socially awkward that if a student went up and asked him a question, he'd get really nervous, back away from them, and - if he could - pack up and leave the room. He NEVER failed a single student, because he didn't want to have to see them again. He sure was good at math, though.

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  15. Re:Overrated by Jedi+Alec · · Score: 2, Funny

    People can function with little math but few can excel.

    But that's ok considering they can always choose to powerpoint instead.

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  16. Turn that frown upside-down! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Overrated by a factor of 2.7 is just underrated by a factor of 0.370 bar!

  17. Re:it's a learned disability by Korin43 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I live in sort of a weird place, but around here, "Can you come over and help me with my homework" frequently ends with sex..

  18. Re:Um, yeah? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, they do in bars in Thailand. I'd like number 82 please, to take away...

  19. Re:If you thought New Math was bad... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I resemble that remark to insensitive clod.

    When was the last time you had an English class? I can barely even parse than sentence.

  20. Re: Overrated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't be so irrational