François Chollet on Twitter: "This reminds me how I went through classes about fluid dynamics, quantum physics, & many more random things when I was in school, and I still have no idea how any of it works or even what it is really about, because 100% of the curriculum was about low-level mathematical details.… https://t.co/tVBsOFiXu4"

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This reminds me how I went through classes about fluid dynamics, quantum physics, & many more random things when I was in school, and I still have no idea how any of it works or even what it is really about, because 100% of the curriculum was about low-level mathematical details.https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1055678774530822144 …

François CholletVerified account @fchollet

Many people in engineering believe that to understand something, it is necessary and sufficient to have a low-level mathematical description of that thing. That you need to "know the math behind it". In nearly all cases, it is neither sufficient nor at all necessary - far from it

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1. François Chollet‏Verified account @fchollet 26 Oct 2018
  I remember quantum physics classes in particular as being about solving linear algebra exercises without understanding what any of it meant. Forgotten by the following semester
  
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1. Maxime Lenormand‏ @MaxLenormand 26 Oct 2018
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  Well as a student, I can tell you that hasn't changed much. And it's quite frustrating
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1. MTest‏ @meghanomical 26 Oct 2018
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  I love the pre- cal book at the school where I work. After each section of “random” math is a page of the practical application of the functions just learned. It is so interesting and different from the way I learned.
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1. Gabriel Ducharme‏ @Gabrielducharme 26 Oct 2018
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  Toujours un plaisir de te lire François!
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1. Karthik Sridhar‏ @AntarYaami 26 Oct 2018
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  The goal was to break something apart and to then put it back together. Low level math, therefore, was important for a first principle understanding of the concept. I Guess. I don’t remember it now.
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1. Ashar Khan‏ @coder3101 26 Oct 2018
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  I agree in classes particularly here in India, we are manufacturing the calculators who know which formula to use and how to quickly find answers. Leaving behind how to apply it in real world application.
  
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