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		euroderf on May 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All the remedial classes in one place Relevant quote: "Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house." -Robert Heinlein

sverona on May 24, 2024 [–]

This quote is harsh enough that I feel the need to say that this is one of Heinlein's characters talking.

Although the whole "innumerates are terrible" thing appears all over his books.

euroderf on May 24, 2024 | [–]

Agreed. It is harsh.

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