Drawing Algorithms
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An algorithm, drawn by a 71-year-old male retired lawyer in the US.

So, can you please draw how an algorithm works? And I'll leave the thing on so you can narrate whatever it is that you put on a paper. I don't know where to even start with that. Just doodle something. [longer pause] So you're drawing dots. Data points. Data points, okay. I'm just narrating, because the thing is on, so we know- Now I'm drawing an arrow. [longer pause] And then that goes to QED. Which is? Latin. It means "Thus, it is established. That's the answer." Got it. Okay. Thank you. Do you want to say anything about the image? No, I wish I could remember what QED, what the actual words were. Oh, I see. But it's like at the end of a scientific proof. I see. You mentioned the word "algorithm" during the conversation. Did I? So, how do you feel about that term? Did I? Yeah, you did. Where have you heard about it? Well, probably I learned about it initially in high school mathematics. There's a course called "Algebra", and I think algorithms are algebraic formulas. So, you put in data and you use the formula with the data for what's x and what's y and any other variables. And then the computer spits out the answer that results from that data. Mm-hmm [affirmative]. And is it a term you hear a lot these days? Yes. It's a commonly used term. More than I ever expected would be used in high school and mathematics. Okay.