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i sat on an mba class for a week or so, and they taught y=ax+b and talked, talked, talked about this simple linear model the whole week. you guys remember 'bet

i sat on an mba class for a week or so, and they taught y=ax+b and talked, talked, talked about this simple linear model the whole week. you guys remember 'beta' ? -- they emphasize as if that variable can explain everything. i dropped out of that course the next day. i felt mba classes are just too easy and would dull me. it might be better these days, but i doubt it beats the math stats courses i took. couple years later i talked with a friend who took mba because he was not confident. he said the mba math is joke and does not compare to ee courses he took. i wonder if the mba uses simple tools to solve hard problems. if that's the case, it's like a bodybuilder try mining with spoon. a lanky guy with pick will produce more.

gawker 14y ago
Hard problems are not necessarily solved by complicated tools. Sometimes solutions can be found from simplicity.
- infinitesimal 14y ago
  Why aren't we teaching our scientists and engineers in a similar fashion then?
  - gawker 14y ago
    Maybe we because we don't know better. Or we're happy to think that complexity makes us feel as if we're smart. But these days, scientists and engineers are looking at mother nature for examples: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/13-year-old-designs-breakthrough-solar-array-based-fibonacci-sequence http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/13-year-old... While there's rebuttal about why the solution above won't work: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/why-13-year-olds-solar-power-8216breakthrough-wont-work/8261 http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/why-13-year-ol... It's still gives us some perspective and thought of how nature restructures things in a certain way. We could possibly build on that. Ant traffic is handled by several simple rules. Maybe there's something we can learn from them too? We're already considering the removal of traffic lights - initially thought to help manage traffic flow. Do we necessarily need to manage them? Maybe.. maybe not.

gawker 14y ago

Hard problems are not necessarily solved by complicated tools. Sometimes solutions can be found from simplicity.

infinitesimal 14y ago
Why aren't we teaching our scientists and engineers in a similar fashion then?
- gawker 14y ago
  Maybe we because we don't know better. Or we're happy to think that complexity makes us feel as if we're smart. But these days, scientists and engineers are looking at mother nature for examples: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/13-year-old-designs-breakthrough-solar-array-based-fibonacci-sequence http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/13-year-old... While there's rebuttal about why the solution above won't work: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/why-13-year-olds-solar-power-8216breakthrough-wont-work/8261 http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/why-13-year-ol... It's still gives us some perspective and thought of how nature restructures things in a certain way. We could possibly build on that. Ant traffic is handled by several simple rules. Maybe there's something we can learn from them too? We're already considering the removal of traffic lights - initially thought to help manage traffic flow. Do we necessarily need to manage them? Maybe.. maybe not.