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> nobody would bother calling “(a + b) / 2” the “average pattern”. don't you mean.... the arithmetic mean? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_mean https
by geezerjay 9y ago
> nobody would bother calling “(a + b) / 2” the “average pattern”.
don't you mean.... the arithmetic mean?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_mean
Oh my god, and people bother themselves calling the addition o sequences of numbers as summation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summation
Where does this madness end? These morons even bothered themselves forming whole fields in mathematics by studying adding numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_(mathematics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_(mathematics)
Why is humanity so wrong about such a simple concept? Why is everyone bothered to give dedicated names to concepts you fail to understand?
- catnaroek 9y agoThe mean is an precisely defined operation in mathematics, not a vaguely defined “pattern” in software engineering. I insist: You only need “patterns” when you can't articulate your ideas precisely in a formal language, such as a programming language or mathematics.