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		pavel_lishin on Jan 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why don't schools teach debugging, or, more fundam... Do car mechanics and car hobbyists take a semester to study Carnot cycles, thermodynamics, and entropy?

paxys on Jan 17, 2024 | [–]

Car mechanics aren't enrolling in mechanical engineering programs and then complaining that they aren't being taught how to fix a car.

randomdata on Jan 17, 2024 | [–]

Only if those subjects interest them. Otherwise, like the previous commenter asks, why would they bother?

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