In principle, yes, but in practice, no.  Tools let us think previously unthinkable thoughts.  See Bret Victor&#x27;s <i>Media for Thinking the Unthinkable</i> [1], where he quotes al-Khwarizmi from the ninth century:<p><i>What is the square which when taken with ten of its roots will give a sum of thirty nine? Now the roots in the problem before us are ten. Therefore take five, which multiplied by itself gives twenty five, and amount you add to thirty nine to give sixty four. Having taken the square root of this which is eight, subtract from this half the roots, five leaving three. The number three represents one root of this square, which itself, of course, is nine. Nine therefore gives the square.</i><p>He&#x27;s solving x^2+10x = 39 by completing the square.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;oUaOucZRlmE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;oUaOucZRlmE</a>