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		PhasmaFelis on June 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do we still teach people to calculate? > Do not show restraint, and neither will I. For I am a mathematician, not a fucking calculator. I don't expect mathematicians to be lightning calculators, but expressing awe at grade-school arithmetic is a bit much.

klyrs on June 25, 2024 [–]

It sounds like your rapidity was found remarkable. Not everybody has that. Not all mathematicians have that. Perhaps respect was due.

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