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		raganwald on Oct 20, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming is hard So perhaps: there is a strong correlation between the programmer's exposure to mathematics and his belief in its importance. ?

scott_s on Oct 20, 2010 [–]

I agree with that, but it's hard to believe something is important if you have no concept of it. (People know that "math" exists, but until they've studied specific areas, they probably will have never been exposed to those concepts or ways of thinking.)

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