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"Everything can be mapped to software" Perhaps, but chemistry is chemistry. It existed before software did, and you need to understand it on its own terms.
by AlbertCory 3y ago
"Everything can be mapped to software"
Perhaps, but chemistry is chemistry. It existed before software did, and you need to understand it on its own terms.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoWell yes, and. It's apples and oranges. And FWIW, chemistry is only a little bit older than software. Like most other fields - there was a qualitative jump in the last ~100 years; arguably we didn't know shit about anything before the 20th century, before the theoretical and practical tools converged to allow some kind of formalized, precise knowledge and experimental work.