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Sorry, I was thinking about the author’s statement about specificity… if you want to improve your racquetball game, don’t practice squash. And my own experienc
by alistairSH 4y ago
Sorry, I was thinking about the author’s statement about specificity… if you want to improve your racquetball game, don’t practice squash. And my own experience studying economics and computer science. The math I was required to take (2 semesters calculus, 1 statistics, and 1 discrete math) was in support of the task I was trying to accomplish (basic competence in those subjects). None at a level I would have considered “advanced” beyond the scope of my degree. Friends that studied history or philosophy did even less math than that - many didn’t take any in college (after testing out based on AP exams or similar).
- trashtester 4y agoI studied particle physics. The math requirements were similar to what you're listing, though I dabbled slighlty beyond that. Today, I wish I'd done a lot more math and statistics before focusing on exclusively physics, even if it'd cost me another 1-3 semesters. I was spending way too much time trying to re-invent the wheel (statistics) in the experimental part, and particle physics really assumed quite a bit more math than what was listed as prerequisites, simply because the university didn't want to delay progression. (To compensate, the bar at the exam was set pretty low.)