Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

tcmasterson t1_j9s1eac wrote

Calculators didn't make everyone Pythagoras

Everyone still needs an education to understand the given answers, how to apply those answers, and more importantly, what questions to ask next.

"...42" - Deep Thought (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

9

helvetica_simp t1_j9unv4c wrote

Exactly, I tell kids this any time I get I asked why they need to learn math when calculators exist. Long answer is making them do a realistic word problem where there’s extraneous information, multiple math operators, and an explanation of why they used what. Short answer is calculators can’t think critically.

7