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Can anyone Explain how The Federation works to me like I am five years old? (beehaw.org)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Five-year-olds must be pretty advanced in the 24th century.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In 24th century Starfleet, calculus was taught to children around age ten or older. On the USS Enterprise-D, Harry Bernard hated calculus, despite the fact that his father told him everyone needed a basic understanding of it. (TNG: "When The Bough Breaks")

Memory Alpha page on Calculus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

his father told him everyone needed a basic understanding of it.

Three hundred years later and some things never change.