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by 082349872349872 1935 days ago
The gulf between theory and practice is larger in practice than in theory.
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tomcam 1935 days ago
Love it! I just googled that quote and you seem to have originated it. I have a little list of quotes and their authors. Do you mind revealing your name so I can attribute it? Or emailing me to the address in my profile?
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booleandilemma 1935 days ago
It's just a modification of this quote: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24320775/
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tomcam 1935 days ago
How did I miss that. Thank you very much
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agumonkey 1935 days ago
maybe we should rename some 'theory' classes as 'pretty ok approximation of future problems'
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