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CS people aren't coming in and showing how it should be done probably for the same reason that Physicists don't show up at a bridge construction project and sho
by bdamm 11y ago
CS people aren't coming in and showing how it should be done probably for the same reason that Physicists don't show up at a bridge construction project and show the engineers how it should be done.
Theoretical computer science is quite distinct from coding and large scale numerical computation practice. Just as theoretical physics, or even experimental physics, is quite different from structural engineering.
- jessriedel 11y agoExcept that physicists do come in and show biologists how it's done for all sorts of mathematical problems in biology! People call it "biophysics" but very often it's things where there is really no physics per se, like statistical analysis of genomics.
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- conceit 11y agoThat might be because the Physicists had help from Mathematicians before and are just passing it on. I don't think that's quite true though, i like to believe that polymaths and university aren't quite dead in academics.