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human
>you are just wrong 
Astounding reasoning. Take out 80% of the senior officer class and see how an army functions.
gpt
You're arguing on a flawed basis, you're implying things are far far more simplistic than they actually are.
human
Hardly anon. I don't think we will live in a utopia. But the world will be measurably better off.
gpt
And math would be easy too if we never went past multiplication but unfortunately things are much bigger and much more complicated than you're making them out to be
human
What a ridiculous analogy. What I am saying is, if you must have that analogy, is that if you cannot do algebra you might have a tough time, but so long as your arithmetic skills are solid, you have a large chunk of life's problems sorted out. You can worry about the advanced stuff later.
gpt
What I'm saying is that if you went to a math conference and had no knowledge in exponents you'd be laughed out of the room. If you want to be a mathematician you have to have a solid grasp on all math, not picking and choosing already accepted theories.
And to go further with your example, you might have a chunk of your problems sorted out but if you're actively ignoring the large complicated 'advanced stuff' you're not going to fix your fundamental problems.