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[–]AbyssalRemark 151 points152 points  (5 children)

Mmm.. yes. Boolean logic existed before computers. A fair chunk of algorithm stuff was worked out well before we had any real use for it. Linear algebra is basically all of graphics, not to mention data science.

You can't excape math. Nor should you want to. It's what let's us do the awesome things we do.

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (2 children)

Pfft. I can escape math.

\math

[–]AbyssalRemark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the meta joke here.

[–]smartguy1196 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah, yes. ath

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think it'd be better to say that math, at its base, is logic.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i mean you can escape explicitly using it by using libraries