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To: C19fan

“Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.”

—Robert Heinlein, writing as Lazarus Long.


8 posted on 07/21/2017 5:17:00 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Robert Heinlein was a bit of an arrogant ass, and not half as good a writer as his devotees make him out to be. That particular comment would have been right at home in the Third Reich.

However: Half the population (roughly) is below average. That's just a fact. Some people are less intelligent than others. The ability to understand abstract math requires more intelligence than some people have. That lack of cognitive ability does NOT make them less human.

19 posted on 07/21/2017 5:22:04 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: DuncanWaring

Precisely


34 posted on 07/21/2017 5:31:49 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds will parents sometimes foster first but not always)
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To: DuncanWaring
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ― George Carlin
51 posted on 07/21/2017 5:43:41 AM PDT by Boojum
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To: DuncanWaring

Maybe we should just kill all subhumans who are forced to use calculators.

Engineers must be chiming in on this thread. Some of the most obnoxious people on FR in the ego dept.


78 posted on 07/21/2017 5:57:12 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: DuncanWaring

Completely agree.


111 posted on 07/21/2017 6:19:45 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: DuncanWaring

Lazarus Long did not tolerate fools and neither should we.


180 posted on 07/21/2017 7:50:25 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: DuncanWaring

Great quote that one.

“Math always wins. Always.” Lurker.

L


195 posted on 07/21/2017 8:40:31 AM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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