No, it's worse. It's statistics on steroids used by people who don't have a clue about statistics.
>At this point, I had taken only an introductory statistics class that was a required general elective, and then promptly forgotten most of it.
"No, Computing is not just glorified math". At the end of the day, yes it is, but I can understand the sentiment of those who don't need/care to look at it any deeper.
But, so is the brain.
We think..
So, I know a whole bunch of ML types who make this argument. Is this something that neurologists think?
I mean, obviously, being neither an expert on statistics, ML, or the brain, I'm unqualified to comment, but I really doubt that ML experts have a good handle on... how my biological brain works.