>> If you can't add, you're going to have a bit of a problem doing your 
>> weekly shopping, but there's not much need for higher math unless 
>> you're working in some specialist industry somewhere.
> 
> You'd be surprised how many industries require specialist knowledge :-)  
> For example, I suspect the structural engineer that designed your 
> building did plenty of calculations using calculus. Ditto for an 
> electrical engineer who designed the power supply for your computer.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the number of people who 
actually do that kind of things are a tiny minority.

As far as I can tell, the majority of people in the world have jobs 
like... Telemarketing. Driving trucks. Working in an office doing 
filing. Fitting central heating systems. Hotel receptionists.

None of these seem to require knowledge of calculus. In fact, jobs that 
*do* require such knowledge are seemingly so absurdly rare that I almost 
find it difficult to believe they exist.

I mean, doing a job that requires mathematics is like being an olympic 
athlete. Hypothetically, anybody can become an olympian. But seriously 
guys, how many olympians have you personally met?

Exactly.

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