Software is an inherently chaotic space. There are 2^10^6 possible states for a ~10KB program. Computer science is not engineering, just as physics is not mecha

Software is an inherently chaotic space. There are 2^10^6 possible states for a ~10KB program. Computer science is not engineering, just as physics is not mechanical engineering. Both CS and physics have the privilege of working within tiny imaginary systems. Engineers do not. Humans are currently engaged in a privately funded search through an effectively infinite space for the patterns, methods, visualizations, rules-of-thumb, that can produce a binary that meets human expressible boundary conditions. It is natural that some humans quail at this seemingly impossible, slow, arduous journey, and they reject engineering. It is also natural that some humans cling so tightly to a concrete approach that they cannot absorb new models. In a very real sense, as humans select software methods, software methods select humans.