Catching Up With Trends: Will the Pocket Calculator Lead to Weakened Math Proficiency? Posted by Oppo on 9 September 2026, 11:00 am
Quite possibly. Afterall, digital clocks weakened the ability to tell time on a standard analog clock. Reply to this comment
AOC: “Pocket calculators cause division, and I have enough of a problem with addition and subtraction.” 2 Reply to this comment
Quite possibly. Afterall, digital clocks weakened the ability to tell time on a standard analog clock.
Well, the Star Trek Communicator led to the Flip Phone.
It adds up, multiplying division and subtracting from the overall average…
Let me ask Claude…
Not if it can avoid all those Jooo letters.
AOC: “Pocket calculators cause division, and I have enough of a problem with addition and subtraction.”
Ten fingers and ten toes was good enough for us.