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Isn't this kinda like looking back after running a search algorithm and saying "look at all of those branches that were explored that had nothing of value in th
by conductrics 15y ago
Isn't this kinda like looking back after running a search algorithm and saying "look at all of those branches that were explored that had nothing of value in them, what a useless waste."
You have to explore in order to learn. College helps one learn both how your actions affect the external environment but also the internal one - your goals, utility function whatever you want to call it. What is 'needed' will be a function of what you decide will be needed.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoNo, because there is no reason to search through all the branches beforehand. A lot of things can be learned later on, as you need them. Even if there was a need to search through the branches early on, I could reasonably predict that medieval literature was a waste of time. But 9 semesters of humanities were required by my college, so I crammed for exams and forgot about it after the fact.
- conductrics 15y agoI guess it all depends on one's discount rate. Now that I am older I wish I had taken a few more 'waste of time' classes - esp in the arts.