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Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by sn9 »

trucktires wrote: post #26

Speaking of CS, apparently now it's important to know something about high dimensional spaces and their volumes. I have linked a PDF below. What part of math does it belong to? I am not sure pure Linear Algebra and Real Analysis deal with such problems? Could it be Measure Theory or Convex Geometry? I am looking for literature or at least the names of subsets of math that deal with such problems starting from the ver…

You can find a link to the whole book here: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~venkatg/teaching/CStheory-infoage/

The appendix has the material the book depends on.

The course description includes this: "The course is cross-listed as a joint undergraduate/graduate course. The course will be fast paced and theoretical, so mathematical maturity and comfort with material in 15-251 and basic algorithms is required. The suggested prerequisites are 15-251 [0] and 15-451 [1]. (In exceptional cases, if you haven't taken these courses at CMU but feel that you have the required mathematical background and would like to try this course, you may sign-up for the course after the obtaining the instructors' permission.) Students who have taken 15-359 and enjoyed it are particularly encouraged to consider taking this course. The overlap with 15-359 will be small, so doing both courses in parallel is also encouraged."

[0] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./15251/course-info.html

[1] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15451/

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by alexashka »

msla wrote: post #27
znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

I'd love to see one for philosophy. Yes, part of the point of studying philosophy is getting feedback from discussing ideas with others. But there's still a basic vocabulary and set of ideas everyone should learn simply so they realize their revolutionary ideas about reality and truth and beauty and so on have occurred to others, and have been discussed, probably for centuries if not millennia, and that the results o…

I'd say reading having a read of Bertrand Russell's 'A history of Western Philosophy' is a solid start. [0]

You can branch out from there, based on who appeals to you personally.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Philosophy-Bertrand-R...

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Post by jxcl »

msla wrote: post #27
znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

I'd love to see one for philosophy. Yes, part of the point of studying philosophy is getting feedback from discussing ideas with others. But there's still a basic vocabulary and set of ideas everyone should learn simply so they realize their revolutionary ideas about reality and truth and beauty and so on have occurred to others, and have been discussed, probably for centuries if not millennia, and that the results o…

I've been working my way through the podcast "A history of philosophy without any gaps". I find the episodes are a perfect length for my commute, and the presenter seems to be pretty well informed:

https://historyofphilosophy.net/

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by sn9 »

Blackthorn wrote: post #28
bpicolo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a pretty good attempt at what you're asking (it's college level chemistry with fantastic instructors, for free, online) CS is pretty unique in the realm of things that typically require a 4 year degree to work in that are accomplishable without. The required capital is sitting on most desks in the country. Chloroform less so I imagine it would be almost entirely impossible to work in bioscience without a relevan…

I mean, I'm not really looking to work in the biosciences. I have a PhD in computer engineering and am happy with my job. I'm looking to take classes past the organic chemistry classes I took in college.

The Chemistry subreddit has a list of recommended books.

You can just look up some undergraduate chemistry course listings and follow the prerequisites to construct an order in which to work through them.

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Post by matthewwiese »

msla wrote: post #27
znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

I'd love to see one for philosophy. Yes, part of the point of studying philosophy is getting feedback from discussing ideas with others. But there's still a basic vocabulary and set of ideas everyone should learn simply so they realize their revolutionary ideas about reality and truth and beauty and so on have occurred to others, and have been discussed, probably for centuries if not millennia, and that the results o…

I would recommend SEP (https://plato.stanford.edu/) for your exact purpose. Although not entirely structured as a guide on philosophy, it is very much akin to Wikipedia in that you can get lost for hours. I highly recommend stretching out on the patio with your laptop and a cigarette and make like Camus for an afternoon. As a philosophy major, it is an invaluable resource.

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by bronz »

znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

i find it amazing that in 2017, a time when the internet has been fully realized and adopted by millions of people, there is no open source, universal textbook hosted anywhere. most people say that there is, and that its called wikipedia, but i dont think so. wikipedia is good for reference. its also good for learning if you are very intelligent and motivated. but for people who are not super intelligent or who have not learned to learn yet, there isnt really a single, centralized, high quality solution for learning things.

in my opinion, it would be very good for there to be a universal textbook that would not only contain all of mans information, but accompany that information with friendly and thorough explanations and guidance. it would foster understanding by being concise and structuring all its information is the simplest and most straightforward way possible. that is to say, it would be user-friendly. it might also include training programs designed to make anyone a good programmer, musician, physicist, etc. this would be a gigantic undertaking but wikipedia has done something similar so i think its possible.

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by losteric »

bronz wrote: post #36
znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

i find it amazing that in 2017, a time when the internet has been fully realized and adopted by millions of people, there is no open source, universal textbook hosted anywhere. most people say that there is, and that its called wikipedia, but i dont think so. wikipedia is good for reference. its also good for learning if you are very intelligent and motivated. but for people who are not super intelligent or who have…

> i find it amazing that in 2017, a time when the internet has been fully realized and adopted by millions of people, there is no open source, universal textbook hosted anywhere. most people say that there is, and that its called wikipedia, but i dont think so. wikipedia is good for reference. its also good for learning if you are very intelligent and motivated. but for people who are not super intelligent or who have not learned to learn yet, there isnt really a single, centralized, high quality solution for learning things.

They're not up to snuff, but these do exist:

* https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

* https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page

Plus, of course, https://www.khanacademy.org/

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by harrygeez »

bronz wrote: post #36
znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

i find it amazing that in 2017, a time when the internet has been fully realized and adopted by millions of people, there is no open source, universal textbook hosted anywhere. most people say that there is, and that its called wikipedia, but i dont think so. wikipedia is good for reference. its also good for learning if you are very intelligent and motivated. but for people who are not super intelligent or who have…

The thing about conceptual knowledge like computer science is there are many nuances to it and the only way to get a reasonably complete picture is to read from various sources told in different ways by different authors.

What you are suggesting may seem like a good idea but humans will always try to be lazy when they can, and a universal free textbook make it almost too easy for them. In reality, everyone's gonna read from the same book without many people knowing the full extent of the subjects. I think this will only speed up the reduction in the number of expert. If you need any proof just look at Stack Overflow and the js community.

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Post by tenaciousDaniel »

msla wrote: post #27
znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

I'd love to see one for philosophy. Yes, part of the point of studying philosophy is getting feedback from discussing ideas with others. But there's still a basic vocabulary and set of ideas everyone should learn simply so they realize their revolutionary ideas about reality and truth and beauty and so on have occurred to others, and have been discussed, probably for centuries if not millennia, and that the results o…

One of my personal project ideas (that I'll probably never get around to) is something along these lines.

I want to create a way for people to follow a particular idea throughout time. So imagine picking a topic, like free will, and you'll be able to use a map and timeline to trace writings on that topic throughout history. Each piece of writing would be linked to the sources it was inspired from, as well as the pieces of writing that it inspired.

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Post by huntie »

bronz wrote: post #36
znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

i find it amazing that in 2017, a time when the internet has been fully realized and adopted by millions of people, there is no open source, universal textbook hosted anywhere. most people say that there is, and that its called wikipedia, but i dont think so. wikipedia is good for reference. its also good for learning if you are very intelligent and motivated. but for people who are not super intelligent or who have…

Why would you want one book? Can you even imagine trying to search through such a thing, or updating it? It's far better to have textbooks for each subject.

As for open source textbooks, here is one such initiative: https://openstax.org/

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