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counterpoint: remove all blackboards and chalk, and paper and pencils. can you still do math?

• constantcrying 3y ago
  Sure, it just takes a lot of remembering. But the point is that still that isn't "pure" mental activity. I am still imagining symbols and rules, those exist in reality at least as much as emotions do.
  • BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
    hmm, but imagining rules and symbols IS a pure mental activity, isn't it???
    • constantcrying 3y ago
      They are very similar to language, which cettainly is part of reality.
• haswell 3y ago
  My first foray into math involved counting with my fingers.