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Reports suggest Tsinghua's elite math program may dismiss students who failed to adapt to non-standardized testing, highlighting a potential 'overfitting' issue where students excel at rote memorization but lack creative problem-solving skills.
This article uses machine learning's overfitting concept from quant trading to explain why experts at rationalizing history often fail at predicting the future. It parallels complex models fitting noise with human biases from limited experiences, lacking generalization. Suggestions include isolating experiences and seeking counter-evidence for better decision-making.