[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)
        
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 (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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