So there is such a thing as "knowledge". Learning problem solving skills in the absence of subject-matter knowledge is simply a Markov walk exercise.
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A little while back I wrote about cultural literacy in the software industry, following the lead of Hirsch's book.[2]
1. https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781612509525/why-knowledge-matt...
2. https://thundergolfer.com/software/culture/2024/01/14/comput...