Kyle Cranmer
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Director Data Science Institute @UWMadison, Professor of Physics, EiC @MLSTjournal. Physics, stats/ML/AI, open science.
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No, the work they do is not necessarily the same as the work of the small number of people you always quote. That's the point. It's not mathematics itself that's threatened. It's a certain way of doing it. You could try to look beyond that.
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Anyway, kids, if you want to be a good physicist, learn dimensional analysis
Show PostOne of the most important lessons from my grad school training was that most numbers are irrelevant without a comparison. Is one billionth of an inch small? Yes, if you’re thinking about a galaxy, no if you’re thinking about an atomic nucleus. Understanding the relevant comparison is crucial.
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Mathematical proof dates back to Euclid in 300 BCE, yet little is known about what happens in the mind when humans solve proofs. This week, an SFI working group brought together mathematicians, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, and philosophers to ask what it means to understand a proof.
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