Comments on: MIT’s New “Web Science” Major http://cornell.elliottback.com/mits-new-web-science-major/ An unofficial blog about Cornell University Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:32:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://cornell.elliottback.com/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-282997 Alex Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:16:48 +0000 http://cornell.elliottback.com/archives/2006/11/04/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-282997 Quantitative = science? Studying social phenomena is not science? Very interesting definitions indeed. Elliot I recommend you to take a course in philosophy of science, perhaps Stanford's major in history and philosophy of science http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/historyandscience.html? I remind you that the science part of computer science is not exactly a non-issue. Quantitative = science? Studying social phenomena is not science? Very interesting definitions indeed. Elliot I recommend you to take a course in philosophy of science, perhaps Stanford’s major in history and philosophy of science http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/historyandscience.html? I remind you that the science part of computer science is not exactly a non-issue.

]]> By: Elliott Back http://cornell.elliottback.com/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-44162 Elliott Back Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:15:52 +0000 http://cornell.elliottback.com/archives/2006/11/04/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-44162 No Katie, I participate in "blogging" by writing in an online blog. Studying me is not a science, is not quantitative, and is entirely useless as a technical degree. Computer Science and online psychological experiments are very different and shouldn't be mashed together under the misnomer "web blah." No Katie, I participate in “blogging” by writing in an online blog. Studying me is not a science, is not quantitative, and is entirely useless as a technical degree. Computer Science and online psychological experiments are very different and shouldn’t be mashed together under the misnomer “web blah.”

]]> By: Katie http://cornell.elliottback.com/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-43737 Katie Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:36:05 +0000 http://cornell.elliottback.com/archives/2006/11/04/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-43737 I see....as you participate in "Web Science" by publishing an online blog containing your opinion. I'm a psych and CS major and this stuff is ripe for research, IMHO. I see….as you participate in “Web Science” by publishing an online blog containing your opinion. I’m a psych and CS major and this stuff is ripe for research, IMHO.

]]> By: Andrew http://cornell.elliottback.com/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-36843 Andrew Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:33:46 +0000 http://cornell.elliottback.com/archives/2006/11/04/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-36843 Might be nice to actually know something other than numbers when all the CS jobs are outsourced... Do you think Cornell's information science program is just as "useless" and unworthy of respect? Might be nice to actually know something other than numbers when all the CS jobs are outsourced…

Do you think Cornell’s information science program is just as “useless” and unworthy of respect?

]]> By: Chris Osborne http://cornell.elliottback.com/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-36081 Chris Osborne Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:10:03 +0000 http://cornell.elliottback.com/archives/2006/11/04/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-36081 Hmm, that seems really interesting. Is there anywhere online that I could see some course descriptions? Hmm, that seems really interesting. Is there anywhere online that I could see some course descriptions?

]]> By: Alex Krupp http://cornell.elliottback.com/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-35263 Alex Krupp Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:13:15 +0000 http://cornell.elliottback.com/archives/2006/11/04/mits-new-web-science-major/#comment-35263 >When recruiters see Web Science they should think the same thing as Did no work and partied through college. Companies don't give a shit about how much work you did in college, they care about how you can make money for their company. If you pretend your CS degree has value because most people aren't smart enough to major in CS then the only one you're fooling is yourself. Value comes from what you can do with the skill, not how hard the skill was to learn. >When recruiters see Web Science they should think the same thing as Did no work and partied through college.

Companies don’t give a **** about how much work you did in college, they care about how you can make money for their company. If you pretend your CS degree has value because most people aren’t smart enough to major in CS then the only one you’re fooling is yourself. Value comes from what you can do with the skill, not how hard the skill was to learn.

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