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IlyaShpitser comments on Starting University Advice Repository - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: Bryan-san 03 December 2015 11:51PM

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 04 December 2015 07:49:03PM *  1 point [-]

I agree. Mathematicians haven't learned how to teach proofs abstractly, they teach by subject. My point was, the subject isn't super relevant. Although if you have specific aims you might want to tailor the subject to that. For example if you want to deal with data, linear algebra and probability theory are probably useful to know.