niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIn science lectures and podcasts, I hear the terms "trivial" and "naive" used often, with no explanation as to what they mean specifically by that. What do they mean by "trivial" and "naive"?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareIn science lectures and podcasts, I hear the terms "trivial" and "naive" used often, with no explanation as to what they mean specifically by that. What do they mean by "trivial" and "naive"?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI would actually interpret “naive” in this context as making very strong assumptions. In particular, a strong assumption of independence between variables that likely doesn’t hold, but is good enough for many purposes.
I would actually interpret “naive” in this context as making very strong assumptions. In particular, a strong assumption of independence between variables that likely doesn’t hold, but is good enough for many purposes.