Comment by im3w1l
1 month ago
Well there was a post on mathmemes a day ago about teaching kids set theory as a foundation for math with some discussion of PA. So maybe related ideas are echoing across the intertubes in this moment?
1 month ago
Well there was a post on mathmemes a day ago about teaching kids set theory as a foundation for math with some discussion of PA. So maybe related ideas are echoing across the intertubes in this moment?
> teaching kids set theory as a foundation for math
Very reminiscent of the New Math pedagogy of the 1960s. Built up arithmetic entirely from sets. Crashed and burned for various reasons but I always had a soft spot for it. It also served as my introduction to binary arithmetic and topology.