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by ijpsud 2321 days ago
> Not to dismiss your work [...] assuming this is an undergraduate level book in a relatively well-explored field [...] not saying this as a moral condemnation of what you're doing

Why is that your default assumption? Seems very strong when GP gave basically no details.
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roel_v 2321 days ago
It wasn't the assumption, I was just being extra careful to emphasize that I wasn't saying 'hey dude you're doing it wrong', but was asking about how the OP felt on a topic I had personally experienced (i.e. interests that conflict with the global optimum)
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Dylan16807 2321 days ago
> Why is that your default assumption?

Because that's probably most textbooks.

Edit: Are people downvoting me because I'm actually wrong about textbooks, or is my answer unsatisfactory somehow?

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