Conrad Wolfram Professions : Businessman Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Conrad Wolfram Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world. Conrad Wolfram transformcomputerspeopleworld I couldn't tell you in any detail how my computer works. I use it with a layer of automation. Conrad Wolfram detailtellyouautomation Calculating does not equal mathematics. It's a subsection of it. In years gone by it was the limiting factor, but computers now allow you to make the whole of mathematics more intellectual. Conrad Wolfram morecomputersyoumathematics Maths should be more practical and more conceptual, but less mechanical. Conrad Wolfram practicalmechanicalmoreshould Any tool can be used badly. Conrad Wolfram toolbadlyanyused Answers are what we are trying to get at; search is a process by which you may be able to get answers, but it's not the end goal. It's a mechanism. Conrad Wolfram searchendyoutrying Maths is fundamentally a different process in education than it is in the real world. There is an insistence that we do maths by hand when most of it is done by computers. The idea that you have to do everything by hand before you can operate a computer is nonsense. Conrad Wolfram computersyoueducationworld Every math curriculum in the world is based on the idea of hand-calculating, and most of what you're teaching is how to calculate. And I think the resistance to this is very variable. Conrad Wolfram howthinkyouworld One thing is for sure: most of the people admitting candidates to universities for technical subjects are pretty dissatisfied with the level of math education. Conrad Wolfram prettyone-thingeducationpeople Similar Authors Bob Iger businessman Bob Wright businessman Bruce Karatz businessman Bruce Kovner businessman Brian Roberts businessman Brandon Wade businessmanAll Authors
