Yeah this seems a bit silly. We are not ignorant buffoons because we can’t read latin. Sure, I could certainly read more things if I could read latin, but the s

Yeah this seems a bit silly. We are not ignorant buffoons because we can’t read latin. Sure, I could certainly read more things if I could read latin, but the same could be said for speaking french or knowing set theory. The author’s defence of different numbering systems as a means to gain insight is valid, but the extrapolation is silly.