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Quote by: Jack_Sparrow Mathematics is a logical process carried out on data, yielding inferences and conclusions. It is not just number work, it can also be involved paradigm work, especially in statistics. It is infact a way to learn from the people who: "...lived through that said history", using statistical analysis.

Well all know what I think of statistics. And I said Math is good for addition, subtraction, mutiplication and division and all those things that need those things in everyday life.... heck in my profession, we ues measurements and math as well.

But I don't call that Critical Thinking

Something or someone that will make you Think Critically, would be someone like Hannibal or Jigsaw.

When it comes to most life and death choices in life, mathimatics.... well all that other rocket calculus garbage isn't gonna help you much.

Not to get a little crude.... but when it comes to critical thinking for survival or the sort, or making proper decisions.... do you think this guy:



Is gonna be able to take on this guy:



???

"THREE! Three gunshots to the chest! Ah Ah Ahhhhh..... " *Thud*

Ok... something a bit more realistic then? Ok......

These Guys:



Setting their mathimatic wits against them being thrown in a tank with:



Math I don't think will help much.

Over generalisation fallacy. Just because it beats working out a square root doesnt mean it beats maths as a whole. Mathematics has much more to it, statistical regression modelling can be used to analyse the past along with scientific age dating, and this unfortunatly for you does use square roots. The thing about maths is it does get applied, and it is all around us. While empathy is worth its salt in interpreting and learning from the past, so is calculation.

Meh, I'm speaking in my own personal life. Besides the little bit I use everyday at work and for bills, which I have already aknowleged, all that other garbage isn't required in my life. It maybe for you, just not for me. Math is only on a basic requirement in my life.

Which is introducing irrelevant material into the argument, the average mans actions have no bearing on mathematic's analytical and logical qualities, nor on what constitutes good critical reasoning.

None of that math has ever been required for me to develop my critical thinking, and I'm not saying I'm perfect by any means, as nobody is, but like yourself, I too have at least average critical thinking skills. All I'm saying is the truth, that for me personally, Math did squat. it's more of a tool for paying bills or doing my measurements for my projects.

^ But that's as useful as a screwdriver to build a computer... it get's the job done, but it's not complicated.... it's your knowlege of how things work in specific, in order to apply those numbers, is what matters.

Chicken/Egg sorta thing.