On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 at 11:50 -0700, Daniel C. wrote: > On 2/16/07, Hans Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If you're interested in a good university education in Computer > >_Science_ > > I've always been confused about the motivation for learning pure > _Science_, especially when dealing with something like computers. > What's the point of learning theory if you don't know how to apply it? > So you can get a job teaching theory to other people, who will go on > to get jobs teaching theory...? > > This is an honest question, by the way, even though it reads like a flame.
For the same reason that we have physicists, biologists, chemists, etc. (theoretical) and engineers (practical). -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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