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I find this similar to the math vs arithmetic issue. Math is not arithmetic. We used to have to spend a lot of time on arithmetic to do math. Now we skip the ar
by greggman 14y ago
I find this similar to the math vs arithmetic issue. Math is not arithmetic. We used to have to spend a lot of time on arithmetic to do math. Now we skip the arithmetic since a calculator or computer can do it leaving us free to do the fun and interesting part, math
Similarly, we used to have to wonder about simple facts. Now though simple facts are at our finger tips leaving us to move directly to the deeper more interesting topics.