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My school and high school never had us read any non-fiction books (only fiction)? Do you agree this is a problem and if so why or why not? (lemmy.world)
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Plus it would be cool if you could recommend some particular essential non-fiction books that should be taught in schools, or that people should read if they didn't read them in school.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Nah I didn't believe anything in that math book

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

a^2 + b^2 = c^2???

Lies.

[โ€“] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is it a lie if you can't disprove it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It's a lie because Im too dumb to prove it

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

There was a whole section on imaginary numbers!