Re:The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding ...
by bsder on Sunday April 05, 2026 @07:38PM
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> Calculators are deterministically correct given the right input. It does not require expert judgement on whether an answer they gave is reasonable or not.
That's not actually true. The HP-12C calculator is still the dominant calculator in business schools 45 years later precisely because it did take expert judgement to determine whether certain interest and amortization calculations were reasonable.
That's not actually true. The HP-12C calculator is still the dominant calculator in business schools 45 years later precisely because it did take expert judgement to determine whether certain interest and amortization calculations were reasonable.