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 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
Like I added to my post above. You've got to learn to pull the oar before you can command the ship. You need to learn all the dirty little corners of stuff like integrals so you can wield them effectively in the future. Math builds on itself, so every new thing you learn, you need to work to make a solid foundation for the next new thing you'll learn.
i agree with the sentiment, but i think it can easily be misused. for example, if we were to use the logic for using computers. there's a whole lot about electromagnetism that tons of different fields involving computers don't need to understand in order to specialize
it just seems irrelevant to learn how to integrate when your job is to know when/what to integrate when knowing how is not relevant to knowing when/what.
the sentiment is true though. you have to start from the bottom and learn the system. i just take contention with what is relevant to learn.
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