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Originally Posted by Giants44
yeah I ended up with a career in IT and Data Science and it all started with me doing all the math (calculators were for rich people) for any number of games (with SOM eventually winning out) playing as a kid. I kept stats on everything. card\dice, spinners, pinball, fake games I played in back yard with friends. I can still do any batting avg for small numbers in my head and large numbers within a few points. I also LOVE math and find it fascinating, but I started playing these games at 5 years old. Did I play because I loved the math, our came to love math because of playing?
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yep...I knew how to calculate E.R.A. before they even taught me the multiplication tables...I was using my mom's calculator though (1980's...non-scientific calculators were pretty cheap!).