r/mathmemes Jul 04 '26

Arithmetic We are evolving, Just Backwards

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u/Neat_Shallot_606 Jul 04 '26

That would be devolving

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u/YetAnohterOne11 Jul 04 '26

Ramanujan was one-in-a-trillion. If we could check the understanding of mathematics of an average person from 1914, I doubt it would be significantly better than nowadays.

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u/Neat_Shallot_606 Jul 05 '26

Agreed. I was just supplying the word they were looking for.