Как люди приходят к анархизму.


"I was still in elementary school when I realized that adults in general, and my teachers in particular, were not very smart.

While studying the multiplication tables, I discovered a “new” mathematical rule. Whenever the number 9 is multiplied by a digit from 2 through 9, the product is a two digit number: the first digit equal to the multiplier less 1, the second digit equal to the multiplier subtracted from 10. For example, 7 - 1 = 6; 10 – 7 = 3; and 7 x 9 = 63.

I excitedly called to my teacher, eager to make my first contribution to the world of mathematics. She expressed disbelief in my new theorem, so I proved its truth on each digit:

2 - 1 = 1; and 10 – 2 = 8; therefor 2 x 9 = 18

3 - 1 = 2; and 10 – 3 = 7; therefor 3 x 9 = 27

4 - 1 = 3; and 10 – 4 = 6; therefor 4 x 9 = 36

5 - 1 = 4; and 10 – 5 = 5; therefor 5 x 9 = 45

6 - 1 = 5; and 10 – 6 = 4; therefor 6 x 9 = 54

7 - 1 = 6; and 10 – 7 = 3; therefor 7 x 9 = 63

8 - 1 = 7; and 10 – 8 = 2; therefor 8 x 9 = 72

9 - 1 = 8; and 10 – 9 = 1; therefor 9 x 9 = 81

After I had fully demonstrated my principle, she said she still couldn’t be sure my rule was valid, as she had never seen it in any textbook.

“How can it not be valid? I proved it for every digit, can you show me an error in my calculations?”

“That’s not the point,” my so-called teacher explained. “You are not a recognized expert, so you don’t have the authority to make up new rules. Until it is validated by an authority, or we cannot be sure it is true.”

This simple incident forever changed my life..."
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