Socks > wrote:

> it ends on education, basically that quantitative skills aren't taught, but
> (sadly) things that should come before quantitative skills (like basic math)
> aren't taught either. what can ya do?

If you found that book interesting, you might want to read the books
by Johan Alan Paulos, a professor of math and logic at Temple University.
Paulos has gained quite a claim to fame on this subject, to the point
where he had a weekly column on ABC's online web site and appeared on
David Letterman's show a couple of times. Paulos' book Inumeracy is
very insightful.