tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post2533905646787463552..comments2023-10-31T07:32:11.739-04:00Comments on Wormtalk and Slugspeak: Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566889846240013567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-69314509662180328342008-08-15T09:02:00.000-04:002008-08-15T09:02:00.000-04:00I definitely agree with you on breadth of learning...I definitely agree with you on breadth of learning. I've also combined the liberal arts with computer science stuff. The results? Ten years of food and shelter provided by IT jobs while working toward my advanced liberal arts degrees...Derek the Ænglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625110461660458291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-63193750595739320882008-08-14T23:42:00.000-04:002008-08-14T23:42:00.000-04:00Here's a puzzle:You are in a room with a gas stove...Here's a puzzle:<BR/><BR/>You are in a room with a gas stove, a match, a bucket full of water, and a kettle. Your objective is to boil water. What, exactly, do you do?<BR/><BR/>(Obviously you light the match, use it to light the stove, fill the kettle from the bucket, put it on the stove and wait.)<BR/><BR/>Second puzzle: You are in a roomgas stove, a <I>lit</I> match, a bucket full of water, and a kettle. Your objective is to boil water. What, exactly, do you do?<BR/><BR/>(The same thing except not bothering to light the match? Wrong. That's physicist/engineer thinking. A mathematician would blow out the match and then say he had reduced the problem to the previous problem!)John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-67743286365513544212008-08-14T19:02:00.000-04:002008-08-14T19:02:00.000-04:00I think it's wonderful how you stretch yourself to...I think it's wonderful how you stretch yourself to integrate the sciences and the humanities. I find there are deep connections between a good computer program and a good essay, each of which I very occasionally accomplish.<BR/>If such connections exist - I think they do - why do so many professionals in each area shun the thought of exploring in the other?<BR/>(How is the vellum DNA project coming?)squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280609151416389163noreply@blogger.com