• Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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    232 months ago

    Astrology was so important to the Greeks, they figured out the elliptical orbits of the planets (up to Jupiter) and how to compute them without calculus.

    • @rockSlayer
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      242 months ago

      Right, I’m not denying that. People have always been smart. The problem that calculus solved was the intensely difficult algebra that it replaced

      • @affiliate
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        122 months ago

        ironically, algebraists are currently trying to replace calculus with more algebra. needless to say, the algebra involved is pretty extreme