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February 25, 2005
Doctor of Computology
The other night, I was up late watching PBS. Occasionally, I am prone to bouts of insomnia that usually manifest into some new neurosis. I watch lots of shows about science and technology. They always introduce many PhDs... Dr. So-and-So, technologist... Dr. Whats-his-Name, biologist... Dr. Thing-A-Ma-Jig, psychologist.
Next year, I too will have a PhD. (I know, you're all shocked) But, what is my "ology"? If you're getting a PhD in Computer Science, what is that the study of exactly? What would be my title if I ever made it onto one of these science programs?
Computer Scientists need love too. We need to define our "ology".... otherwise, we'll always be confused with computer hackers writing kiddie scripts in their mom's basement. Besides, why should all the other sciences get an "ology" and we get left out? New sciences need "ologies" too.
We study computation... Therefore, I suggest we call ourselves "Computologists"... it has a nice ring to it, I think. I suppose it sounds a bit like Cosmotologist, but, I'm willing to take that chance. I dare anyone to ask a computer science professor to give them a manicure.
My very close second runner up to this idea was "Brilliantologists"... but, I have a feeling that all the other "ologists" would get jealous. We don't need to start any inter-departmental feuds.... I can imagine gangs of professors and post-docs roaming the halls flashing gang signs at eachother.
So, that's it... I study Computology... Yo.
Posted by trina at February 25, 2005 02:32 PM
Comments
Though it seems to be a somewhat stale post, I, nevertheless, wholeheartedly concur. Certainly, computology (i.e. CS) is a separate branch of study, just like mathematics, psychology, etc. "Computologist" sounds like a great name for a person with an advanced degree in the discipline. "Cosmologist," actually, is never used to describe a physicist by regular folks (99.9+% of people who barely know what "cosmology" is). It's only people "in the know" who do it, or it is used within the context of a physics/math/astronomy related discussion.
As an aside, I stumbled upon this post, because I've always disagreed with the name "computer science." Frankly, being a physics major in parallel (in the past) myself, I never considered the "S" in "CS" to be a good reflection of neither the nature of the study nor what "science" truly means. So, I think, the only meaningful word to describe it, yes, is "computology."
Posted by: Ilya at November 28, 2007 01:23 PM
You are correct, the right name for the discipline is computology. Computer Science is really a very wrong term.
Posted by: NSK at January 20, 2008 03:32 AM
I'm with you on this one. I had the same thought a few months back and changed my website title to match, http://ericbetts.org/ :)
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Posted by: simvastatin at October 16, 2008 03:06 PM
Actually, one of my obsessions is the way (American?) computer science has been promoted in ways that appear to me to completely oppose the humanitarian and intellectual oportunities that computers once seemed to offer. Personally, I suspect that the "Web" and the "GUI" have been key tools in "de-socialising" the computer as a medium for social improvement and turning it into a tool for mindless capitalist mass exploitation (and control).
See . Incidentally, it seems obvious to me that Kidder was simply writing too early. Much of that which he says hadn't happened has been implemented since then. 1984 seemed (in Europe) to be a key year -it appeared to me that everybody held their breath to see if George Orwell's predictions had come true -decided they hadn't and then started implementing them all. As a result -the age of (politically backed and commercially promoted) social double-think is mow fully upon us. Probably, 1984 was the last time that computers were concidered critically in a large scale social context. Apparently, the "Macintosh" advertising people (selling the one handed machine that could do anything) did their job well: Perhaps too well.
I sincerely hope you will use the concept of "computology" to seriously question the social, cultural and intellectual implication of formal systems in general and "computation" in particular.
Posted by: Trevor Batten at November 19, 2008 06:07 AM