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> > Too many programmers think that they don't need linear algebra because > > they are not going to compute eigenvalues. It is like thinking that one > > does not need to be taught classical literature or poetry because > > he/she is not going to become a writer. > > It's like thinking that you don't need to read Virgil in Latin, or Homer in > Greek, or Tagore in Bengali, because you aren't going to be a poet. > > It's like thinking you can afford not to know how to lay bricks because you > aren't going to be a mason. > > It's like thinking you don't need to learn how to turn a breech calf because > you aren't going to be a farmer. > > Every kind of knowledge is at the center of knowledge. Ability to read Virgil in Latin is a kind of knowledge, in the same way as the skill of laying bricks. Reading good books and learning mathematics is not a knowledge. One can easily forget most of mathematic courses shortly after graduating, but one should be taught them. Mathematics is not a knowledge, it is a discipline. David
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