Marcus, If we are to rule, they must convince us that it is a worthwhile use of our time.
C. Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Real thought does include agendas, goals and self interest, I >> "think." But real thought can be an imaginative, intuitive process, >> super conscious, e.g., Bach, Einstein? >> > She says "thinking recursively", "parallel processing", "interpreting > code as data and data as code", and "type checking and a generalization > of dimensional analysis", understanding the "virtues and dangers of > aliasing" are computational thinking. > > But then she goes on to say "Conceptualizing, not programming. Computer > science is not computer programming. Thinking like a computer scientist > means more than being able to program a computer. It requires thinking > at multiple levels of abstraction." > > Now, I like Computer Scientists, really I do, but I have to say I have > at least as much admiration for hackers who just invent and put aside > all of this self-aggrandizing crap. All of those things (e.g > recursively thinking, thinking at multiple levels of abstraction) any > decent programmer thinks about every day, AND while exercising their > imagination and intuition. > > Btw, today's Dilbert (http://www.dilbert.com) is a relevant snipe on a > related species of the theory guy. > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
