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If you ever plan on doing anything with machine learning, you will need statistics and basic calculus. Well, you do if you want to progress in understanding bey
by jacoblyles 17y ago
If you ever plan on doing anything with machine learning, you will need statistics and basic calculus. Well, you do if you want to progress in understanding beyond the "use someone else's library and hope it gives me a magic answer" phase.
Besides, calculus is one of the crown jewels of mankind's intellectual achievement. Not knowing any calculus ought to be considered on par with not knowing anything about the theory of evolution, or that the Earth orbits the Sun.
- btilly 17y agoYes, there is no doubt that calculus is very useful and a great achievement. Yes, I think it is wonderful for people to learn Calculus. Yes, I have learned Calculus, in fact I've even taught the subject. However I don't think that Calculus is applicable to most programmers. For many programmers it is important, and that is why I suggested it be moved to the application specific list. But more programmers will get more value from, say, basic combinatorics than from Calculus.