My brother has a degree in Astrophysics and complained about how they don't deal with (mainly because they really do not need to) noisy date and how to account for it in their models. It's not taught because it's not needed directly but it's a gap nonetheless in their scientific
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toolbox especially since most physics postgraduates end up going into industry. He is for example a data scientist now. That is a particularly common example and compelling reason to teach them stats.
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Just like in psych we should teach programming more, thankfully my uni does, they should teach some basic stats in "harder" sciences.
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Berna D. Retweeted Richard Feynman
Speaking of physicists, I just saw this. What a great example
https://twitter.com/proffeynman/status/944604451758686208 …Berna D. added,
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Not a super fan of him regardless.
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Kind of an asshole, wasn’t he?
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This might upset you and indeed anybody [sorry] but posting so you know. https://restructure.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/sexist-feynman-called-a-woman-worse-than-a-whore/ …
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It's extracts from his book about his views and actions with respect to women. I don't think it's a good idea to read it if you are feeling in any way not in the mood.
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So yes, asshole, does not cover it.
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Yeah, unfortunately, you often don't hear of his (or other "geniuses") assholery but romanticized hype like this... https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/10/17/richard-feynman-arline-letter/ …
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It's actually very disgusting to me to even engage with this. People who think the Great Man theory of history is true or even largely true disgust me a lot.
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