Talk:Numeracy/Archive 1

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understand mathematical or statistical phenomena, whether in a technical context

which I don't think is accurate. See the link to Lingualinks now in the article. Andrewa 02:09, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

intuitive feel

In the book "innumeracy", the word seems to mean not simply an inability to do computation, but a lack of intuitive feel for things such as quantity and probability. An example is people purchasing lotery tickets, or failing to appreciate what a homeopathic dilution of 40C (40 consecutive dilutions of 1:100) really means. Pmurray bigpond.com 06:59, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Fully support this view; why don't you go ahead and add a few paragraphs about it. −Woodstone 15:37, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)

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I removed "Of course, numeracy is an acquired skill. An individual with no education (formal or informal) is unlikely ever to develop numeracy." as it lies somewhere between highly debatable and patently false. I would be happy to add it back into a Controversy section if someone can come up with some serious claims for it. --jet57 (u∴t) 10:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC) 16:44, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

What is innumeracy?

"Innumeracy is the absence of numeracy."

While technically this is a definition, it doesn't explain anything.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a textbook in logic.
Wikipedia:Guide_to_writing_better_articles#State_the_obvious

--Jtir 10:35, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I find the statement clear. ɱўɭĩє^{What did I do}_wrong 23:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Just as a general point on the same subject, innumeracy cannot possible be a portmanteau of numeracy and illiteracy as illiteracy gave nothing to it, unless you count the i which I bet (no pun) is in the top 10 most common letters of the English language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.173.89.146 (talk) 13:47, 24 July 2009 (UTC)