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Baughn comments on What attracts smart and curious young people to physics? Should this be encouraged? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Baughn 14 March 2014 02:33:48PM *  1 point [-]

I would say "Except for Computer Science", where testing theories is practically half your job. There are probably other exceptions, but that's the one I'm familiar with.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 14 March 2014 03:40:25PM 0 points [-]

CS teaches a very different skill and it teaches it very badly.