Calculators Can Become an Intellectual Drug
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Calculators can become an intellectual drug.
You get stuck on 7 x 8, so you punch it in.
Instant relief!
And then the next time you get stuck…
You reach for another hit without even trying to use your brain at all.
Soon reaching for that calculator becomes automatic.
You can’t do the arithmetic yourself.
The calculator owns you!
And it just gets worse and worse.
The more you use it for that simple stuff that you should be able to do in your head…
The stuff that you really should have memorized…
The harder it is to kick the habit, and the more your basic foundational skills decay.
They just rot away.
Further reading: How Learning Debt Starts .
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