niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up122
arrow-up122message-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 · 6 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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.