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Why is it called "Computer Science"? What exactly makes Computer Science scientific?

>> No.9212253

because it sounds a hell of a lot cooler than Mathematical Engineering

>> No.9212264

>>9212247
science : A particular area of knowledge or study; a recognized branch of learning;

science : A discipline, field of study, or activity concerned with theory rather than method, or requiring the knowledge and systematic application of principles, rather than relying on traditional rules, acquired skill, or intuition.

science : A branch of study that deals with a connected body of demonstrated truths or with observed facts systematically classified and more or less comprehended by general laws, and incorporating trustworthy methods

Oxford English Dictionary

from Latin scientia

>> No.9212268

>>9212264
what a retarded fucking post

>> No.9212272

I think they should call it Computer Computer.

>> No.9212274

>>9212253
fuck no it dont lol

>> No.9212285

>>9212268

In what way is it retarded?

>> No.9212307

>>9212285
long, said absolutely nothing, and still comes off as pretentious

>> No.9212412

>>9212307
It means that "science" doesn't equate to utilisation of the "scientific method", unless you specify in a given context, that it does. In this, mathematics and computer science are sciences.

>> No.9212418

>>9212412
the context is /sci/. there are other boards for things that are "science" but not science.

>> No.9212441

>>9212272
no.

computing computers

>> No.9212444

>>9212247
what else would you call it?

applied math with compilers?

>> No.9212449

Would it not be more accurate to call it computer logic? It shares more in common with formalized philosophical logic than it does modern science.

>> No.9212752

For example research in quantum computer is scientific.
Some work in complexity theory might also be considered as a science.
If you have an engineering field (and CS has a lot of engineering topics),
some might consider research in that field as science, because it follows heuristic methods.

>> No.9212813

>Computer "engineer"

Nothing triggers me more than this

>> No.9212831

Somebody post that gif and source to that lecture, please. It's on YouTube but o lost the link.

>> No.9212834

>>9212285
astrology science
esoteric science
Luddite science
bible science
etc.

>> No.9212895

Computer science is a misnomer, it's really the study of systems.

>> No.9212900

>>9212253
lmao that sounds so much more intelligent than "muh computers"

>> No.9212901

Everyone agrees that the English name is shit. Even CS students.

>> No.9212902
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>> No.9212923

>>9212253
Sounds advanced as fuck desu

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9213184

>>9212247
it doesn't get shit done

t. engineer

>> No.9213186

>>9212902
Came here to post this

>> No.9213600

>>9212831
1986 kino comin through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Op3QLzMgSY

>> No.9213626

CS is in fact a science, mathematics is also an experimental science. It may not look like it to you undergrads reading rudin or whatever but how those theorems and "slick" proofs were found was with hypotheses, trial and errror

>> No.9214005

>>9212449
nah, "science" as in the general word, not scientific science, is better because the field is actually extremely broad. T.bh it should be broken up and dispersed into new fields + preexisting fields.

>> No.9214041

>>9212895
How is computer science the study of systems? That would be cybernetics, buddy.

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9214061

Is software engineering something /sci/ considers an engineering field??

>> No.9214262

>>9213184
What a homossexual.

>>9214061
Depends. Compiler/assembly software engineering or wordpress/javascript "software engineerin"g?

>> No.9214264

>>9212902
Audible kek

>> No.9214273

>>9212253
>"Am computor scientist"
*crickets*

>"I am a mathematical engineer"
Literally every qt asian grad student on your dick