math - memorization or understanding

Or, is math just for aspergers cases. I mean, when I did intro algebra it seemed like completing the square, long dividing polynomials, etc. were all just mindless memorization. I'm taking more math above this intro stuff, just to see if it gets any more interesting.

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You sir, are an idiot.
First off, knowledge of anything lies stagnant in the mind while that which it had derived from continues on throughout its own existence beyond that which you have known it. Things change, knowledge doesn't unless it is challenged by a living creature, such as those of humans. To be the most knowledgeable person on this planet, you must accept that you can truly know nothing. For the moment you believe it true, it changes and now is false. Research this, or don't research this; that is the question. What the fuck have you done lately?