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From: djl@fisher.UUCP (Dan Levin  N6BZA )
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Subject: Re: Does someone REALLY belive this?
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On the subject of losing arithmetic skills, read Asimov's story
about the guy who reinvents multiplication by hand, in 2100.
They (the powers that be) quickly silence this poor fellow,
since the ability to do math in your head would allow a person,
much more expendable than an expensive computer, to fly a guided
missile.  Wow.  Really makes you think.  

I do not remember the title, but I think this story appears in
'The Best of Asimov, Book 1 (or 2).'

-- 
			***dan

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