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The common response is that with computer science you can easily find an expert who can explain the uncontroversial consensus interpretation of some CS notation
by canjobear 10y ago
The common response is that with computer science you can easily find an expert who can explain the uncontroversial consensus interpretation of some CS notation, whereas with Derrida et al. you'll just get more confusion.
- psyc 10y agoI think a major difference is that when a professional has to coin new jargon, they are usually intending to achieve as much clarity as possible.
- mbrock 10y agoI've always thought of Derrida as some kind of shaman poet sorcerer who uses philosophy as the material for secretive experiments, which makes me not so upset when I can't understand him.
- ue_ 10y agoI think Derrida is treated rather poorly, even in taught philosophy. Just because a work has multiple possible interpretations, it doesn't mean it's obscurantist or bad.
- brudgers 10y agoA consensus in Computer Science is that monads are like burritos.