Re:Experts vs. Imitators
by kaba0 on Sunday June 16, 2024 @05:51PM
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Okay, now do explain your paper’s result on this specific JIT compiler optimization that allows vectorization in certain cases?
Like, I never got further than “computers can only execute and understand these few specific commands” before the layman party gave up.
It is absolutely the same with plenty of mathematical topics (like, just the field of abstract algebra is absolutely mind boggling for almost everyone), physics, engineering, etc. Sure, one might bring up Feynman, but physics does have several topics that are easy to grasp - it’s literally about the world around us, and while a layman may not understand anything about the complex calculations about, say, an internal combustion engine, they will find it accessible due to the common ground.
Like, I never got further than “computers can only execute and understand these few specific commands” before the layman party gave up.
It is absolutely the same with plenty of mathematical topics (like, just the field of abstract algebra is absolutely mind boggling for almost everyone), physics, engineering, etc. Sure, one might bring up Feynman, but physics does have several topics that are easy to grasp - it’s literally about the world around us, and while a layman may not understand anything about the complex calculations about, say, an internal combustion engine, they will find it accessible due to the common ground.