A million monkeys at typewriters, but with momentary runs of extreme luck/brilliance.
It worked for humans. It took a lot of us, but eventually we accepted zero as a number. Then negative numbers. Then "imaginary numbers" as a useful trick, and then as meaningful.
In our case, hundreds of millions, but we got there.
It worked for humans. It took a lot of us, but eventually we accepted zero as a number. Then negative numbers. Then "imaginary numbers" as a useful trick, and then as meaningful.
In our case, hundreds of millions, but we got there.