maneo

Keep in mind he might not be the one drafting specific solutions to these specific problems (it all depends what committees he gets involved in, what issues he dedicates his time to etc) but he will be voting on proposals. It's a lot more meaningful to know the framework through which he will evaluate those proposals rather than hearing his specific solution which he will never formally introduce to Congress anyways.

Not every congressmen is an expert in every single issue that the government has to deal with, and not every congressman has finalized a precise plan on how to deal with every single problem in this country. But what you want in an elected official is someone who has the right goals in mind and aims to make decisions, based on the evidence presented to him by experts, that move us towards those goals.

Oh! My Dad (former physics major turned computer scientist) used to talk about "Hotel Infinity" all the time. I never fully understood the implications of the story, and it kind of just fell to the back of my memory by the time I was learning the math concepts it related to.

But if things like that were a normal part of our culture where everyone is familiar with those stories, puzzles, etc then teachers could reference them when finally teaching the details of the math, making it a lot easier to wrap our head around tough concepts,and providing some meaning and context to what otherwise seems like random gibberish processing of numbers.