CS 2340 (Objects and Design) - Ensure that before trying to build something considering whether one SHOULD build it. Then, constantly revisiting how this software could cause harm in the software development life cycle
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CS 4510 (Automata and Complexity) - Once again, I think theory needs to be situated within the historical context (read: war) in which it arose
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Jordan, thank you for a very important thread. I do have a question about your Algorithms and Theory comments. I absolutely understand the point about the context of their origin. I think what sometimes gets blurred is whether that turns out to be *incidental*...
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or somehow affects the actual *content*. For example, is a particular algorithm, proof technique, or concept inherently "militaristic"? I sometimes hear people implying the latter, but have not come across a convincing case (I don't know that any such case ever is offered).
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By the way, I'm not a theorist (at all), so have no emotional commitment to defending theoretical approaches in CS. I simply would like to understand the criticisms that are floating around at their best.
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