No, that really doesn't follow. Some classes of issues will be better solved if the solver understands stats. M/M/1, distributions, percentiles, etc, yes. If

No, that really doesn't follow. Some classes of issues will be better solved if the solver understands stats. M/M/1, distributions, percentiles, etc, yes. If only I understood them... By my local major London paper somehow needs 4MB of crap and >60s to display a 2 para story. I don't need anything as subtle as "stats" to tell them that they're holding it wrong and why I avoid their site like the plague.