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From: dykimber@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU (Daniel Yaron Kimberg)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Topics to discuss
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Date: Tue, 19-May-87 15:30:09 EDT
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In article <1207@super.upenn.edu.upenn.edu> shaffer@operations.dccs.upenn.edu.UUCP (Earl Shaffer) writes:
>I have some possible topics:
>
>	1) Is Computer Science a science or a neatly hidden trade school
Hey, shh...keep it down.  It's a science.  No, really.  Actually, I think that
it really depends on the very specific education you're talking about.  I'd
guess from what I've heard that most college cs departments provide what amounts
to glorified trade schooling (by this I mean such practices as teaching
programming languages rather than programming, or teaching specifics rather
than using specifics to make theory clearer).

>	2) If we completely wire-up our entire house control systems
>	   (ie. heat,ac,security,kitchen) is a wrong number on our
>	   answering machine going to torch our castle?
No, no, no.  Definitely not.  People who design high tech wonders spend the
entire design process making sure that just this won't happen.

>	3) If all of us spent our time investigating scientific knowlege
>	   gaps, no one would have the time to watch Wheel of Fortune.
Or Flyers games.  But with any luck, someone will soon have their research
rewarded with the discovery of a number of extra hours in the day, and all will
be well again.

                                           -Dan