An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish: A Catalogue of Organized and Individual Stupidity

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In 1943, Bertrand Russell said: "The Greek system of numerals was very bad, so that the multiplication table was quite difficult, and complicated calculations could only be made by very clever people. Nowadays, however, calculating machines do sums better than even the cleverest people" [. . .] "As arithmetic has grown easier, it has come to be less respected. The consequence is that, though many philosophers continue to tell us what fine fellows we are, it is no longer on account of our arithmetical skills that they praise us." - An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish

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