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by jwmerrill 2691 days ago
> even Einstein didn't remember how to do long division, he looked it up

Nitpick: the idea that Einstein struggled with school-level mathematics is a myth[1]. I would be very surprised if he ever had to look up the procedure for long division.

[1] http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,288...