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They can’t be learned simply by following rules, as a computer does; they require intuitive knowledge that comes from long experience and repeated encounters wi
by donaq 17y ago
They can’t be learned simply by following rules, as a computer does; they require intuitive knowledge that comes from long experience and repeated encounters with difficulty and failure.
It's hard to try to refute this without sounding like I'm just defending my tribe, but I have to call bullshit on this one. The person who thinks that working with computers doesn't require intuition derived from repeated failures has had very limited experience with computers.
- jnorthrop 17y agoI don't think the author was specifically targeting computer scientists, engineers and programmers. Rather I assume he was referring to the millions of jobs that rely on the computer for their every day tasks (e.g. lawyers, bankers, etc.). I hope this doesn't come across as argumentative because I agree 100% with your assessment with regards to developers.
- scott_s 17y agoI think you misinterpreted the sentence. I understand it to mean: These tasks can't be automated by a computer using an algorithm; the tasks require intuitive knowledge that comes from long experience and repeated encounters with difficulty and failure.
- donaq 17y agoOn second read, I think you're right. My bad.