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originally a die-hard math major and now, hacking and dealing with hackers, I have and to question the foundations of my own subjects. I have come to some tent
by mrcactu5 12y ago
originally a die-hard math major and now, hacking and dealing with hackers, I have and to question the foundations of my own subjects. I have come to some tentative conclusions:
computer science is computer program, when you abstract away all context so it is just a bunch of symbols
statistics is mathematics applied to the "real world" data, and the art of turning it into form suitable for computer.
Actually, from Lao Tzu's "Art of War", he put's it this way:
In respect of military method,
firstly, Measurement;
secondly, Estimation of quantity;
thirdly, Calculation;
fourthly, Balancing of chances;
fifthly, Victory.
a solid 2000 years before the computer.