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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right, I'm not denying that. People have always been smart. The problem that calculus solved was the intensely difficult algebra that it replaced

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

ironically, algebraists are currently trying to replace calculus with more algebra. needless to say, the algebra involved is pretty extreme