<p>It just means &quot;calculus&quot;.</p>
<p>The text roughly translates to:</p>
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<p>We <em>Homo sapiens</em> are infatuated with our own intellectual capabilities, and unanimously consider intelligence as an advantage. However, consider if this is really the case - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felis" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Felis</em></a> have also undergone evolution, so why aren't there any cats which can do <strong>calculus</strong>? Why, in the whole animal kingdom, have only <em>Homo sapiens</em> evolved large organs capable of deep thought?</p>
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<p>为什么没有会微积分的猫？- Why there is no cat that can perform calculus?</p>
<p>&quot;Calculus&quot; - an advanced mathematic operation usually taught in the college-level class to students in science majors.</p>

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<p>Just reading 人类简史, translated into Chinese by 林俊宏。</p>
<p>微积分: calculus</p>
<p>I know very little about 微积分, except that it is a way to divide by zero and still get an answer!</p>
<p>But in this text, 微积分 seems to mean tiny. Or what does it mean?</p>
<p>人类深深迷恋着我们自己的高智能，于是一心认为智力当然是越高越好。
但如果真是如此，猫科动物也经过演化，为什么没有会<strong>微积分</strong>的猫？
究竟为什么，在整个动物界， 只有人属演化出了比例如此庞大思考器官？</p>

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Use 微积分 to mean 'tiny'?
# Use 微积分 to mean 'tiny'?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-01)

Just reading 人类简史, translated into Chinese by 林俊宏。

微积分: calculus

I know very little about 微积分, except that it is a way to divide by zero and still get an answer!

But in this text, 微积分 seems to mean tiny. Or what does it mean?

人类深深迷恋着我们自己的高智能，于是一心认为智力当然是越高越好。
但如果真是如此，猫科动物也经过演化，为什么没有会**微积分**的猫？
究竟为什么，在整个动物界， 只有人属演化出了比例如此庞大思考器官？

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-01-01. Score: 3

It just means "calculus".

The text roughly translates to:

> We *Homo sapiens* are infatuated with our own intellectual capabilities, and unanimously consider intelligence as an advantage. However, consider if this is really the case - [*Felis*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felis) have also undergone evolution, so why aren't there any cats which can do **calculus**? Why, in the whole animal kingdom, have only *Homo sapiens* evolved large organs capable of deep thought?

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Oops! Bothered by our cat, I missed the 会！I've read, brains, even cat brains, solve extremely complex differential equations every time we catch something. Cats can do it!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-01-01. Score: 1

为什么没有会微积分的猫？- Why there is no cat that can perform calculus?

"Calculus" - an advanced mathematic operation usually taught in the college-level class to students in science majors.


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