If a human and a calculator solve a math problem together, which one solved the problem?

@urusan The human, in much the same way as a human accounting on an abacus or tracking tallies using a bag of rocks is who solved the problem.

... math is symbols and the manipulation of symbols. The symbols only have meaning in that humans assign it to them.

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