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Never trust a computer scientist

• Sep 09, 2008 by the_angry_angel
• Geek, Unix-like and Personal

This popped up on the Bath and Bristol LUG mailing list a few days ago, from Shevek, and I thought it was pretty "cute" -

Scientific method is the process of experimentation and observation. Computer science is therefore defined as "Let's try it and see if it works." Computing, on the other hand, is doing it, knowing that it will work. Never trust a computer scientist.

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