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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -4 points 16 hours ago

I mean, that's a curious anecdote. But it doesn't explain why they would have been better at the math prior to 1970

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

As with all anecdotes, it does not explain itself, but I can explain this one: repetition.

I don’t think that was really in question though and both you and the other person have already responded genuinely, which makes this interaction less fun than I was intending, because I had hoped my anecdote would be taken as the joke it was.

Them’s the breaks over text sometimes.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago

I can explain this one: repetition.

Several of them did not believe me even after went through a couple examples.

:-/

Again, nothing in this story explains why calculators are to blame. If anything, it illustrates how calculators are useful.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Several times vs several thousand times makes a difference 🤷

But hey, take it as a point for you if you want! Calculators are useful.

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