• Ransack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    30
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    8 months ago

    The thing is I believe that statement is a bit misunderstood.

    Calculators were already becoming pocket sized back in the day, but using it to calculate things if you don’t know how to use it is where the actual problem is.

    Hence the reasoning to learn how to math vs only having the device.

    • AtariDump@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      Calculators were already becoming pocket sized back in the day…

      True, but I can count on 0 hands how many people I knew carried one in their pocket.

      Now if the calculator were built into a beeper, everyone would have had one.

    • kreekybonez@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      8 months ago

      it’s very easy to enter wrong numbers on a calculator, but you need some basic reasoning and familiarity to know when an answer is off, and you need to start over