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Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by EFreethought on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:20PM (#34658411)
Yes, a lot of us just link black boxes together. But what about the people who make the black boxes? How smart are they?

Maybe we all do not have to know first principles. But somebody does.

And if MIT won't teach first principles, who will?

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Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by vijayr02 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:27PM (#34658493)
This reminds me of an Asimov story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession_(novella)

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