Timeline for Mathematical habits of thought and action which would be of use to non-mathematicians
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| Sep 8, 2011 at 13:36 | comment | added | David White | +1 for Probabilistic Thinking. Certainly understanding risk and expected value help when making decisions. I've also found subtler uses of probability coming up in my thinking, e.g. my ability to accept uncertainty in general and react accordingly, how much time to devote to unlikely possibilities, etc. I feel like my philosophical thinking changed after I learned basic probability theory, but it was so long ago that I can't quite explain what I mean. I wonder if others had a similar reaction. I'll post another comment if I think of a good way to put this in words. | |
| Sep 8, 2011 at 8:42 | history | edited | Gil Kalai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 8, 2011 at 8:01 | history | answered | Gil Kalai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |