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Abstraction is really hard. An economics professor of my acquaintance said he started requiring calculus for his game theory class so he could be sure everyone
by barry-cotter 8y ago
Abstraction is really hard. An economics professor of my acquaintance said he started requiring calculus for his game theory class so he could be sure everyone was competent with algebra. Every time you increase the level of abstraction you lose some people. Some of them can be taught it but some can’t, no matter how hard they or their teachers try.
- SilasX 8y agoInteresting. That’s probably the best reason I’ve heard for why calculus and computer science prerequisites should be similar, even when the latter doesn’t use the former: if you don’t have the abstraction capacity for calculus, you probably won’t have it for programming.