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I can do plenty of arithmetic much faster than I could type it on a calculator keypad. That's like saying hardware keyboards are near-useless if you have acces
by recursive 1y ago
I can do plenty of arithmetic much faster than I could type it on a calculator keypad. That's like saying hardware keyboards are near-useless if you have access to a touchscreen.
- MangoToupe 1y agoI just don't really work much with arithmetic to begin with. Almost 100% of the numerical work I do is symbolic.
- recursive 1y agoAll well and good, but don't mistake a practice you don't use as being generally useless.
- MangoToupe 1y agoSimilarly, don't mistake a practice you do engage in as necessary!
- palata 1y agoWould you be able to do your numerical work without understanding what an addition or a subtraction is? I feel like arithmetic is part of the basics to build abstraction. If I say "y = 3x + a", somewhere I have to understand what "3 times x" means and what the "+" means, right? Or are you saying that you can teach someone to do advanced maths without having a clue about arithmetic?
- recursive 1y agoYou can have a solid understanding of "+" without being able to quickly add three digit numbers.