This entry scores very high on the crackpot index ( http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html - replace some scien

This entry scores very high on the crackpot index ( http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html - replace some scientist notables with computer-science notables) and is generally just funny. It did make me start to think though about one reason I enjoy computer science (or the engineering side more specifically) - it tends to be much easier to get traction on good ideas than many other fields. For the most part, good ideas in computer science are self-evident, and easily adopted by practitioners. Too easily sometimes- without enough scientific method being applied. Of all scientific fields, computer science would be the _last_ one I'd accuse of engendering blindness to obviously good ideas. A cadre of older programmers dictating to the younger generation how to think about programming? Seriously, lol (: