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Re:Why isn’t the fundamental theorem of arithmetic obvious? ... by jdc on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @10:23PM (#11958474)
I generally agree, however I would like to know for what cases you think the skill of solving unfamiliar problems is dangerous.
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Re:Why isn’t the fundamental theorem of arithmetic obvious? ... by delazeur on Thursday June 23, 2016 @08:40AM (#11960430)
It's dangerous when it leads a person to choose "I'm going to figure this out on my own" over "I'm going to find someone who can solve this" in cases where they really should have known to pick the latter.
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Re:Why isn’t the fundamental theorem of arithmetic obvious? ... by lostlogin on Thursday June 23, 2016 @06:41AM (#11959998)
Watch what happens when you let the post doc PhD "help" set up a scan in the MR scanner. It's amazing/terrifying what a very clever person will do in an unfamiliar environment with different rules to the real world.
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