"This argument is ridiculous" only because you keep shifting goalposts and refusing to actually back up anything you're saying while just repeating your persona

"This argument is ridiculous" only because you keep shifting goalposts and refusing to actually back up anything you're saying while just repeating your personal belief that mathematics has always been rote memorization of algorithms. If it was that way, there would not be so much variation between performance in math around the world, as they'd all just be having kids memorize the same stuff.