[ExI] Meaningless Symbols.

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Sat Jan 16 17:23:17 UTC 2010


2010/1/16 Gordon Swobe <gts_2000 at yahoo.com>:
> If you watch a small child solve a math problem on his fingers then you will watch a fellow human use a simple calculator to facilitate and extend his mathematical understanding. The understanding of the numbers takes place in his mind, not in his fingers.

Yes. And association of symbols such as x=3, y=5, then x+y=7 takes
place in the CPU, not in the Cd-Rom drive. So?

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Stefano Vaj



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