Traditional statistics classes teach procedures, but not the math needed to understand them. Being told to use maths without being told how the maths work is infuriating to certain sorts of people, and those sorts of people are abnormally concentrated on LessWrong. Jaynes builds up procedures from first principles, which appeals to some but is pointlessly abstract for others.
Different minds learn differently. The answer to this poll entirely depends on who you are.
Traditional statistics classes teach procedures, but not the math needed to understand them. Being told to use maths without being told how the maths work is infuriating to certain sorts of people, and those sorts of people are abnormally concentrated on LessWrong. Jaynes builds up procedures from first principles, which appeals to some but is pointlessly abstract for others.
Different minds learn differently. The answer to this poll entirely depends on who you are.