Waste of brain cells.
Well this is a waste of time and brain cells. I mean, unless pi is your special interest, there is no point in making an entire class remember it to the whateverth decimal place when you could be teaching them something more constructive and relevant.
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Entirely useless. Forcing someone to learn pi isn't going to teach them how to use it.
Even if they didn't have calculators with a pi button (which everyone studying maths should have,) approximations or even just a few decimal points usually does the trick.
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I have pi memorized to 3.14159265358979
If you took the number of decimal places that I know, and used that for a value of pi to draw a circle around the solar system, the length of your circle would be off by less than 5 centimeters.
However, I only really need to know it to 3.1, and for nearly every possible practical use, anything beyond 3.14159 is overkill.
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any decimal notation of pi is simply an approximation anyway. in my opinion, there is no point in memorizing something that is not necessarily wholly accurate anyways. students should know as many digits as they actually need to use in their calculations.
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It's always hard to memorize something that is not made to be fun. I never had the interest in memorizing Pi until I've learned about Daniel Tammet, but the catalyst for interest is going to be different for every person.
I say, the teacher should be inventive and find something that would make as many people as possible interested in memorizing Pi, but not make it mandatory under any conditions. There's a reason why the Pi button is on the calculator, anyway. The most I was ever made to memorize was 3.14, and that was in the super-strict Russian educational system.
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Likely ADHD instead of what I've been diagnosed with before.
I say, the teacher should be inventive and find something that would make as many people as possible interested in memorizing Pi, but not make it mandatory under any conditions. There's a reason why the Pi button is on the calculator, anyway. The most I was ever made to memorize was 3.14, and that was in the super-strict Russian educational system.
I don't think Daniel Tammet memorizes pi. If I understand correctly, due, in part to, the nature of his synaesthesia, he "knows" pi.
I say, the teacher should be inventive and find something that would make as many people as possible interested in memorizing Pi, but not make it mandatory under any conditions. There's a reason why the Pi button is on the calculator, anyway. The most I was ever made to memorize was 3.14, and that was in the super-strict Russian educational system.
I don't think Daniel Tammet memorizes pi. If I understand correctly, due, in part to, the nature of his synaesthesia, he "knows" pi.
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Leading a double life and loving it (but exhausted).
Likely ADHD instead of what I've been diagnosed with before.
I say, the teacher should be inventive and find something that would make as many people as possible interested in memorizing Pi, but not make it mandatory under any conditions. There's a reason why the Pi button is on the calculator, anyway. The most I was ever made to memorize was 3.14, and that was in the super-strict Russian educational system.
I don't think Daniel Tammet memorizes pi. If I understand correctly, due, in part to, the nature of his synaesthesia, he "knows" pi.
If I can tell you 864/12 off the top of my head, that doesn't mean I memorized it. Perhaps I memorized it or perhaps my brain is just very good at computing it.
I think in the case of pi and Daniel Tammet, his brain is actually computing it and relaying the information to him in the form of synaesthesia and he is reading off what he is "seeing".
I think in the case of pi and Daniel Tammet, his brain is actually computing it and relaying the information to him in the form of synaesthesia and he is reading off what he is "seeing".
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I think in the case of pi and Daniel Tammet, his brain is actually computing it and relaying the information to him in the form of synaesthesia and he is reading off what he is "seeing".
So he is not quite the savant I had thought then. But perhaps still the way in which he perceives numbers is more efficient than actually perceiving them as numbers.
I think in the case of pi and Daniel Tammet, his brain is actually computing it and relaying the information to him in the form of synaesthesia and he is reading off what he is "seeing".
So he is not quite the savant I had thought then. But perhaps still the way in which he perceives numbers is more efficient than actually perceiving them as numbers.
He can also instantly see the answer to any maths equation in the same way, so I'd say he is a pretty talented savant.
I think this is a strong signal that education is missing a lot of things in children. He is impressive and really contrast with the rest of the class, at least the child discovered something he can do with less efforts.
But it's presented "as is" in the "funny&unusual" section of the news. What a waste of brain cells.
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