Calculators

Does using a calculator make a mathematician less of a mathematician?

Does it make your opinion of them lessen?

Does it make you think they aren’t a “real” mathmetician?

Or… do you think it helps them to focus on the creative side of math?

Do you consider that maybe multiplying 658 with 762 is better done by a computer?

Do you ever stop and wonder if maybe the rote is less important than the creative?

Have you ever wondered what renowned mathmeticians of old would have been able to accomplish if they didn’t need to stop and calculate the square root of 134891034?