Related: "Is Computer Science Science?" https://www.cs.mtu.edu/~john/jenning.pdf
> What is your profession?
Computer science.
> Oh? Is that a science?
Sure, it is the science of information processes and their interactions with the world.
> I’ll accept that what you do is technology; but not science. Science deals with fundamental laws of nature. Computers are manmade. Their principles come from other fields such as physics and electronics engineering.
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