<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@khinsen" class="u-url mention">@<span>khinsen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> yeah, this is very easily observed in young people who are used to being passive consumers of technology (i.e. spend all they on their phones but don't seem to understand the basic processes that make it work). I think it's very hard to fight against the curiosity-killing aspects of modern technology with black-box algorithms and a default dismissal of open source/free software tools in favor of walled gardens. But I agree that we should not be seeing this in scientific circles.</p>
