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I’m not sure computer science is science

OdradekOdradek
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It seems more like a techne

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  • BeeBee
    but it's got wires and lights and stuff

    HOW IS THAT NOT SCIENCE
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    science is when raocow jumps in a hole just to see if anything is there

    computers? not science
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Bee said:

    but it's got wires and lights and stuff


    HOW IS THAT NOT SCIENCE
    So does being an electrician, but that's also a techne
  • BeeBee
    edited 2018-01-25 01:52:16
    That's science too.  Just look at all these technicians working on broken CPUs with soldering irons.  You know it's science because of the lab coats.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I'm laughing my ass off here. I was expecting the usual "clueless model holding a soldering iron by the hot part" photo, but whoever labeled this one doesn't even know what a soldering iron is.
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    I think you'll find it's actually a TeXne
  • TatterhoodTatterhood
    edited 2018-01-25 04:17:26
    On my first day of intro CS the prof said something like "the two things you need to know about computer science are that it's not a science and that it's not about computers".

    That said, CS is in fact a math. It's up to you if that makes it a science.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    it is one of the maths, which are discussed in chapter 3.14159 of your textbook which accompanies this series
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