Oh puh..lease... Mathematicians and physicists assume so much in trying to prove their theories.
Assume this and hence we get that. Or assume that and we get this! Blargh.. That's why I hated both those subjects..
Now history and chemistry are interesting cos they are so much more certain (except people's motives/inspirations for actions in history ;) but then, people are inherently unpredictable (thankfully so))
Maths, physics have assumptions too. But most people don't have to go so deep. History is certain? The more I read of it, I find it controversial at every single step!
Chemistry..could be anything. I never understood any of it :D
But most people don't have to go so deep. I had to go deep enough. Not as much as a research, but deep enough to put me off liking physics ;)
Uh, and in history, what facts are known, they are certain. (atleast from when it was recorded) But then, since history is/was written by humans, there will always be an element of bias by the writer, either being more critical or favorable towards a the subject being written!
True, I agree higher mathematics is too disconcerting because of all the assumptions and basically the intangibleness of the subject. But I was talking about school and college math which always had one and only one solution as opposed to business studies etc where the myriad ways of tackling a problem used to leave me confused. Exactly what the comic depicts.
That's why I like programming too. Objective and non-political :)
Oh really? /me points to Microshaft and something with Linux patent violation. (Yes it is likely FUD, but it is politically/business motivated)
And programming is not always objective. Try fuzzy logic (which as the name suggests should not be) or try the newer breeds of self evolving/self modifying/self healing systems being developed at IBM and other companies! They will hardly be objective.
I assume by objective you mean straightforward/direct to figure out. WYSIWYG code
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Math is the universal language :)
PS: A(B+C)=AB+AC Politicise that!
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Btw, that user pic is from 'Lost' right?! I watched that episode recently and was like 'now why does that ring a bell?' :D
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Mathematicians and physicists assume so much in trying to prove their theories.
Assume this and hence we get that. Or assume that and we get this!
Blargh.. That's why I hated both those subjects..
Now history and chemistry are interesting cos they are so much more certain (except people's motives/inspirations for actions in history ;) but then, people are inherently unpredictable (thankfully so))
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History is certain? The more I read of it, I find it controversial at every single step!
Chemistry..could be anything. I never understood any of it :D
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I had to go deep enough. Not as much as a research, but deep enough to put me off liking physics ;)
Uh, and in history, what facts are known, they are certain. (atleast from when it was recorded)
But then, since history is/was written by humans, there will always be an element of bias by the writer, either being more critical or favorable towards a the subject being written!
Chemistry is a lovely subject. I loved it..
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But I was talking about school and college math which always had one and only one solution as opposed to business studies etc where the myriad ways of tackling a problem used to leave me confused. Exactly what the comic depicts.
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That's why I like programming too. Objective and non-political :)
Of course IE and Javascript are not as cut and dry...
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Me too
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Oh really? /me points to Microshaft and something with Linux patent violation.
(Yes it is likely FUD, but it is politically/business motivated)
And programming is not always objective. Try fuzzy logic (which as the name suggests should not be) or try the newer breeds of self evolving/self modifying/self healing systems being developed at IBM and other companies!
They will hardly be objective.
I assume by objective you mean straightforward/direct to figure out. WYSIWYG code
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