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Re:Amazon data science interview questions by stale2002 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @05:23PM (#15055705)
People have been doing statistics for decades, which is mostly all that machine learning is. Coming up with a fancy new buzz word for stuff that has been for decades, doesn't make something "elite".
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Re:Amazon data science interview questions by mamon on Sunday August 20, 2017 @04:45AM (#15057555)
You know, statistics is a branch of mathematics, and mathematical education itself can be considered "elite", if for no other reason then for the irrational fear it induces in most of people.

Most of high school graduates decides to pursue more "practical" topics like CS, leaving mathematics to those chosen few who dared to study it :)

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