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Visualize Math: Temple Grandin on Chips & Abstract Thinking #shorts

3 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Temple Grandin can't do algebra without seeing it. She needs concrete visuals like hydraulic cylinders to understand formulas. Her book Visual Thinking connects visual cognition to practical problems like boosting U.S. semiconductor production.

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I have a whole chapter in here on screened out. Yeah, they can't do algebra, I can't do algebra. And I managed to get out of it, thank goodness. It wasn't required for freshman math when I took freshman math. Can't do abstract math. There's nothing there to visualize. I have to relate math back to something real, like a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder. And then I can memorize the formula for that.
And Temple, in your book, "Visual Thinking," does it begin to show how, I know you're alluding to it as well, how we're bringing more chips to America.