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Re:The British amateur who debunked the mathematics of happi... by tensor on Sunday March 04, 2018 @04:23PM (#16516841)
I've seen plenty of computer science students who struggle with math, and even among those who the number who understand statistics is embarrassingly small. Meanwhile, here on HN you have dozens of "computer engineers" arguing that the maths and theory in their own field isn't important.

I wouldn't be so quick to pull generalizations about what disciplines have better scientists.

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Re:The British amateur who debunked the mathematics of happi... by detaro on Sunday March 04, 2018 @04:28PM (#16516872)
Big part seems to be that statistics often isn't properly taught to students, which then muddle through it when writing papers.
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Re:The British amateur who debunked the mathematics of happi... by ramblerman on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:24AM (#16519592)
You are conflating research with practice.

Most computer engineers are programming and can get away with not being up to speed with calculus/stats. As can most practicing psychologists (to a much greater degree).

Phd computer scientists doing research are typically not 'weak' at maths.

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