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I was asking if that algorithm was meant to be part of "the mindset of a culture far removed" from the typical reader or not. You wouldn't know what the author

I was asking if that algorithm was meant to be part of "the mindset of a culture far removed" from the typical reader or not. You wouldn't know what the author intended, but you would know if you ever heard of how to do square roots by hand.

joshka 5y ago
For me, the intent seems to be clarified by this sentence: > And our question is: what did they really know about the square root of 2?