The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
<i>In this world view it is not insulting to suggest non-Europeans prefer ‘other ways of knowing’ to rationality and science.</i><p>This reminds me of that "racial sensitivity guide" that told employees punctuality and logical objectivity were "white expectations" not to be applied to persons of color.<p><i>In New Zealand the school chemistry and biology syllabus has been decolonised and now invokes the concept of mauri, or life force, to give the atomic theory a new spiritual dimension.</i><p>I went to high school and college so deep in the bible belt you could put an empty Coke can to your ear and hear banjo music and our textbooks <i>still</i> didn't have anything like that bullshit.