[HN Gopher] Teaching Myself Calculus at Sixty-Five
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Teaching Myself Calculus at Sixty-Five
Author : Brajeshwar
Score : 25 points
Date : 2022-07-09 16:28 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.newyorker.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.newyorker.com)
| labrador wrote:
| Someday when the life expectancy is 120 people will look back and
| wonder why the New Yorker mentioned his age of 65. Was it hard
| for 65 year olds back then to think logically, so doing it at 65
| was some kind of achievement?
| oneoff786 wrote:
| Unless we can find a way to stop or reverse aging that will
| never happen. And if we can it'll be much longer than 120.
| jseliger wrote:
| This is about a 26-year old, not a 65-year old, but it's also of
| interest: https://nautil.us/how-i-rewired-my-brain-to-become-
| fluent-in... Also, HN discussion:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8402859
| x86x87 wrote:
| Sounds like calculus is going to become an integral part of the
| author's life. Hope they make continuous small changes that will
| push them to their mathematical limits.
| ryangittins wrote:
| This joke is kind of derivative.
| alexk307 wrote:
| There will probably be a series of comments like this. There
| must be a limit but it could be infinite.
| x86x87 wrote:
| You're assuming the comments will converge. But what if we
| cannot find a vicinity where all the bits can be located
| in?
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