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Not that I disagree about wanting more of the abstraction taught, but absolutely, 100% yes. Accurate, rapid mental math is a core life skill, and the lack of i
by Baeocystin 7y ago
Not that I disagree about wanting more of the abstraction taught, but absolutely, 100% yes. Accurate, rapid mental math is a core life skill, and the lack of it causes people real problems.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoThere are many people who are bad/slow at calculation and amazing at math; many of them have math PhDs even. Ya, they might use a calculator in their daily life, but those are cheap anyways. It would be nice to get an ALU implanted in my brain, it would be much more efficient for calculation than using a neural network.
- Baeocystin 7y agoMental math skills are for prosaic daily-life problems, and have almost nothing to do with mathematics as a discipline. (Being good at spelling on its own does not make one a good writer.) Not needing a calculator at the grocery store to figure out which of some competing products are cheaper per unit mass, or figure out change + tip at a restaurant is useful knowledge.