You know, I get this, I do, but it's sort of disingenuous and completely minimizes a very real threat.
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It's not like we can outlaw germination or fermentation, either, but very real, very serious attempts have been made to outlaw weed & booze.
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Sure, people could always get them, but if you got caught with them, you were in big trouble. Still are, many places.
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So yes, ha ha, they are trying to outlaw math, how stupid and ignorant. Right up until the FBI searches your computer...
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...finds an encryption app, and tosses your math-understanding ass in prison for a few years.
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So sure, laugh it up at the folly of the unlearned. Just remember they've got most of the guns.
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I agree with Marc, who is a techy and a smart lawyer. Once someone passes a law, it is so difficult, and costly, and hard to repeal it.
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Don’t mistake my disgust and frustration for trivialisation. I’m fully aware of the danger. https://ar.al/notes/the-nature-of-the-self-in-the-digital-age/ …
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To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics ("..in a broad way..") https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170202-math-and-the-best-life-francis-su-interview/ …
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Vade reto algorithme!
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