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Damian's avatar

Great article! You outlined an important distinction very clearly. I like the point that education and communication sometimes overlap.

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Aggie Branczyk's avatar

Thanks, Damian. The fact that they overlap can sometimes blur things though. I know several quantum companies have education streams. If the company is being strategic, the education stream is actually part of a larger communication strategy. This isn't bad. It should be a win-win for both the audience and the company. But it can be a bit disorienting if you move from doing education in a university setting to doing education at a company, if you don't have a handle on that distinction.

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Gerard Milburn's avatar

Would you say,

Education

=training

and

communication

=inference

?

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Aggie Branczyk's avatar

At first, I was like "no", but then as I tried to make my case, I decided "yes".

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