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minus-squareSanndyTheManndy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoAverage people weren’t doing complex math in their head back when human calculators were a thing.
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoBut they were estimating things. Somehow illiterate people ran marketplaces for thousands of years.
Average people weren’t doing complex math in their head back when human calculators were a thing.
But they were estimating things. Somehow illiterate people ran marketplaces for thousands of years.