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134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate?
People I (Mostly) Admire
Wolfram on Invorrectly defining the problem
Incorrectly defining the problem leads to applying math, computation, and data science to solve problems inaccurately. This results in solving simplistic problems that do not relate to the real world we intend to address. This approach yields technically correct answers based on the wrong problem definition, often using oversimplified metrics to measure complex phenomena. Such misdefinitions result in catastrophic errors in society.
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