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then punt the analogy back a century or so to a time when modern physics and it’s engineering equivalents were more in the same rough infancy that CS is in now.

then punt the analogy back a century or so to a time when modern physics and it’s engineering equivalents were more in the same rough infancy that CS is in now. You’ll see a more equivalent cross-fertilization then, perhaps. I don’t mean that as an insult, at all, just a recognition that as a field, CS is maybe 75 years old.

eternalban 6y ago
We're in agreement regarding the infancy of the field and how that manifests in practice. I wouldn't take it as an insult, if I were a CS worker, however. That just means that the Gausses, Euclids, etc. of this field have yet to appear. All the warts of this field aside, it does offer a chance for making a dent in history. Something the young workers in the field may want to keep in mind ..