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   Re: [xml-dev] Another mutated variant of the 'PowerPoint makes yo udumb'

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> David Tolpin scripsit:
> 
> > Mathematics is not a knowledge, it is a discipline.
> 
> If you don't think learning Latin is a discipline, then I can only conclude
> you've never been taught any.  The entire British Empire ran for more than
> a century on people who learned Latin because they (or their elders)

I had been taught Latin. It was a very helpful experience. I am not able,
however, to read Virgil in Latin; the same applies to mathematics in
many cases. And no, I was not taught Greek; alghough learning new languages
has always been a nice exercise for me.

> And if you don't think learning to lay bricks changes the way you think,
> try laying them.

Ironically, I did that in my house two years ago; two nice walls.

David Tolpin
http://davidashen.net/




 

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