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This is the sort of thing that should be taught in university computing degrees -- much more interesting than CS.
by amichail 17y ago
This is the sort of thing that should be taught in university computing degrees -- much more interesting than CS.
- Rod 17y agoSure, because BS on user interface is more important than logic, automata theory, and complexity. If you don't like the Science in Computer Science you can always go to the Humanities side of the campus and engage in intellectual circle jerks with a buch of self-important morons.
- amichail 17y agoYou can of course perform experiments to see whether the author is correct. Those sorts of social experiments should also be part of a computing degree.
- endtime 17y agoNo, they shouldn't. They should be part of a sociology, communications, or (once the field starts having its own departments) HCI degree. You might think case studies of social experiments are important, and I might even agree, but they're not computer science (or "computing").
- djcapelis 17y agoCognitive science departments (at universities that have them) generally provide wonderful coverage of HCI topics, though some CS/EECS/CE departments do as well.
- endtime 17y agoSure - my point was that you can't really get a degree in HCI yet. But once you can, they'll include case studies of the referred to social experiments.
- djcapelis 17y agoJust FYI: Yes you can and yes they do: http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/undergraduate-study/major/major-ug_specialization.php#hci http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/undergraduate-study/major/major-u...
- blasdel 17y agoJust because computers are involved peripherally does not make it CS.
- MikeMacMan 17y agoRod, there's more to Humanities than circle-jerks. There's reach-arounds, tea-bagging...all kinds of stuff.
- patio11 17y agoThis comment is beneath HN standards for civility. Please don't encourage it.