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VAuroch comments on Open thread, 11-17 August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: VAuroch 13 August 2014 06:33:07AM -1 points [-]

I independently constructed algebra (of the '3*x+7=49. Solve for x.' variety) while being given 'guess and check' word problems in second grade. That's a slightly different variety than most of the other examples here, though.