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Science is miraculous. I couldn't even imagine being able to figure that shit out.
by tenaciousDaniel 8y ago
Science is miraculous. I couldn't even imagine being able to figure that shit out.
- anonymousab 8y agoAlmost everything is built on the work of those that came before. The way projectfu describes it shows a clever but clear line of problem solving from 'we have x and we know y, how do we figure out z'. Still miraculous, of course. I think it's inspiring to see that it's not too different the fundamental problem solving process that many of us use in our daily lives.
- nerdponx 8y agoAlso don't forget that these scientists are deeply immersed in their fields. Every single one of them has been through a PhD program and is an expert in some domain, likely a narrow one. When you are that good at something, even your shower thoughts (and especially your shower thoughts) will be scientifically productive.
- stronglikedan 8y agoWe joke at my company that our contractors must charge us for thinking about our problems in the shower, but I must admit that I sympathize and wouldn't blame them if they did.
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- sushid 8y agoEven in CS I'm always amazed that an "easy" algorithm problem we expect a new grad to solve was solved in the 70s by CS professors who published papers about the topic.
- tenaciousDaniel 8y agoAs a self taught developer with no formal education in CS, I'm amazed to know this. I'd love to read a paper outlining the solution of a rather simple algorithm (by today's standards). Sounds fascinating.
- mlevental 8y agoedmonds-karp, dijkstra search, kruskal mst, floyd-warshall, bellman-ford, tarjans least common ancestor, danzig's simplex method, etc. are all algos that were paper pubs throughout last century, covered in CLRS i.e. good undergrad algos class, and come up in interview style questions.