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We're talking about undergraduate degree programs, which for STEM consist substantially of problem sets and tests that have right answers. Sometimes they're jus
by FreakLegion 4y ago
We're talking about undergraduate degree programs, which for STEM consist substantially of problem sets and tests that have right answers. Sometimes they're just answers, sometimes they're more like Pareto frontiers, sometimes they're programs, but in any case the bulk of the work is verifiable, which is a luxury. It's a bit (but only a bit) like the difference between solving a chess puzzle and actually playing chess. We teach people with puzzles, then send them out into the world to play real games.
- worrycue 4y agoThey do teach statistics in undergrad engineering though.
- FreakLegion 4y agoThey do, substantially in the form of problem sets and tests that have right answers. This is the point; it's not a counterpoint.
- worrycue 4y agoBut the statistics they learn is exactly what they use to deal with noise.