Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoI'm right, ain't I?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up1571arrow-down146
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agoHoly shit. Is that not how “normal” people do math in their head? How do they do it?
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI have no idea how normal people do it but I do 9+7 One shy of 10+7 One shy of 17 16
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day ago How do they do it? I assume they just don’t. For my mom at least, she absolutely will not apply mental effort to anything that doesn’t strictly require it. If a mental task can be offloaded to someone or something else, she’ll do that instead, every time.
Holy shit.
Is that not how “normal” people do math in their head? How do they do it?
I have no idea how normal people do it but I do
9+7
One shy of 10+7
One shy of 17
16
I assume they just don’t. For my mom at least, she absolutely will not apply mental effort to anything that doesn’t strictly require it. If a mental task can be offloaded to someone or something else, she’ll do that instead, every time.