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>> what sort of science doesn't involve data >There are many like theoretical computer science which do not involve data. That computer science is a 'science'
by cholantesh 10y ago
>> what sort of science doesn't involve data
>There are many like theoretical computer science which do not involve data.
That computer science is a 'science' is also pretty contentious! :)
- ende 10y agoMuch of computer science is a science. The contention seems to comes from the fact that software engineers tend to come from computer science departments. Maybe more universities should create separate software engineering departments?
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Much of computer science is a science. AFAICT, its mostly a subdomain of math, not science in the empirical sense.
- denzil_correa 10y agoReminds of me this - https://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/
- cholantesh 10y agoI don't feel qualified enough to discuss whether or not CS is truly a science, but I do think there's a strong distinction to be made between it and soft eng, for sure.
- denzil_correa 10y agoMath? A lot mathematics doesn't deal with data. Here's on whether CS is a science https://www.cs.mtu.edu/~john/jenning.pdf https://www.cs.mtu.edu/~john/jenning.pdf