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Would you mind avoiding the tortured use of terminology from CS to describe what is not a CS problem? This occurs too often on HN and often conceals gross misun
by bobthechef 5y ago
Would you mind avoiding the tortured use of terminology from CS to describe what is not a CS problem? This occurs too often on HN and often conceals gross misunderstanding behind a veneer of technical jargon. You end up reasoning about something other than the thing at hand because you've tried to redefine it in terms of something you're more familiar with (see "Law of Instrument").
- acituan 5y ago> Would you mind avoiding the tortured use of terminology from CS to describe what is not a CS problem? You haven't mentioned which terminology you're talking about but assuming it is one of combinatorial explosion, compression, framing or heuristics; these are not computer science exclusive jargon, these are information processing terms, something both humans and computers do, and as such used in cognitive science contexts pretty extensively and correctly. > This occurs too often on HN and often conceals gross misunderstanding behind a veneer of technical jargon. Unless you're ready to point out what the gross misunderstanding was, your point is moot.