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Sure, 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 alwa
by Rod 16y ago
Sure, 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 16y 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 16y 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 16y 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 16y 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 16y 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 16y agoJust because computers are involved peripherally does not make it CS.
- MikeMacMan 16y agoRod, there's more to Humanities than circle-jerks. There's reach-arounds, tea-bagging...all kinds of stuff.
- patio11 16y agoThis comment is beneath HN standards for civility. Please don't encourage it.