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Ban all calculators. These token-extruding machines are rotting our cognitive capabilities and children today grow up not able to perform simple math to figure out change while going to the grocery store. "Excessive use of calculators leads to a decline in students’ mathematical abilities. Research shows that students who rely heavily on calculators tend to have significantly weaker mental calculation skills than their peers who use them sparingly. This weakness is not just in calculation speed but also in number sense and conceptual understanding. When students lose their intuition for numbers, they struggle to solve complex mathematical problems that require deeper reasoning."* This is a sarcastic comment on various doomer posts regarding AI. *) https://ivyleaguecenter.org/2024/03/12/over-reliance-on-calculators-a-heavy-burden-on-fundamental-education/