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Very true. I became a math major in college because it was the only technical discipline where I didn't have to deal with numbers. I calculate the standard devi
by lmkg 17y ago
Very true. I became a math major in college because it was the only technical discipline where I didn't have to deal with numbers. I calculate the standard deviation the same way everyone else does, I plug the numbers into Excel, but I know what's going on under the hood and I have a better understanding of what the result means. For example, the standard deviation of the sample versus the standard deviation of the mean came up the other day.
- pmiller2 17y agoI wish I could get people to believe me when I tell them math is not about numbers and that computer science isn't about computers.
- camccann 17y agoThere's a well-known quote that says "computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes". Often attributed to Dijkstra, but I don't know if there's a reliable source.