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> The nine lines contain physics, chemistry, material science, biology, medicine, geology, astronomy, engineering and computer science. I have doubts that thes
by nayuki 5y ago
> The nine lines contain physics, chemistry, material science, biology, medicine, geology, astronomy, engineering and computer science.
I have doubts that these 9 lines describe computer science. As I interpret it, computer science is founded on pure mathematics and is not a physical or empirical science. Computer science deals with perfect abstract mathematical objects like numbers, sets, quantification, recursion, infinities, etc.
- PrettyPebble 5y agoGood point - but it needs computers...
- ianbooker 5y agoStrangely not. You can do CS on paper, no need for a single bit-flipping device. Turing did half the field in his head / a thought experiment.
- PrettyPebble 5y agoAnd input and ouput devices ...
- ravi-delia 5y agoThen you're not really doing computer science anymore, you're doing computer engineering
- PrettyPebble 5y agoOK - taken out.
- ravi-delia 5y agoConsidering that these lines specify our laws of physics only if you grant that math is a thing, you could argue that all of mathematics gets in for free ;). Sort of like how ZFC can't encode basic logic, but you still need it for axioms to make sense