tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32371144.post5552167697884696885..comments2024-03-22T19:23:04.610-04:00Comments on Room for Doubt: Reyzin-Srivastava TreesLev Reyzinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629175455869565423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32371144.post-14230673869088442752011-08-15T21:39:44.700-04:002011-08-15T21:39:44.700-04:00@Anonymous,
Yes, I was thinking that it's not ...@Anonymous,<br />Yes, I was thinking that it's not so bad we figured these things out for ourselves. On the other hand, you can't reinvent every wheel. We make progress by learning from others' past work.<br /><br />@Alex, I agree - in the case where you can reinvent something without taking forever, great. But the choice isn't between that and memorizing. When we read books, we don't memorize what's in them, but rather try to understand it. Big difference.<br /><br />Research always treats me well; I hope I'm returning it the favor :)Lev Reyzinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629175455869565423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32371144.post-85418730933006299032011-08-15T21:31:39.399-04:002011-08-15T21:31:39.399-04:00Nice post. I've been in the same shoes as you....Nice post. I've been in the same shoes as you. It's much more important to reinvent the wheel than just memorize things. Perhaps you'll uncover a few new things that noone noticed along the way.<br /><br />How is Post-Doc research treating you?<br /><br />-Alex Yampolskiy<br />http://yampolskiy.blogspot.comAlex Yampolskiyhttp://yampolskiy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32371144.post-60149080083950344032011-08-15T21:22:49.090-04:002011-08-15T21:22:49.090-04:00Isn't the actual moral of the story that it...Isn't the actual moral of the story that it's good you didn't read the textbook? I mean had you read it, you would've probably forgotten all about Gomory-Hu trees by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32371144.post-53780257764228803062011-08-14T12:41:00.422-04:002011-08-14T12:41:00.422-04:00Hi Nikhil. Luckily neither concept appeared in pri...Hi Nikhil. Luckily neither concept appeared in print (in that form)...Lev Reyzinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629175455869565423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32371144.post-16761778721241558702011-08-14T12:23:54.831-04:002011-08-14T12:23:54.831-04:00We later invented Sstars and NED. This decreased o...We later invented Sstars and NED. This decreased our confidence back to what it was before (:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com