Week 1 Journal Entry
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Hayden's Week 1 Journal Entry
Before Reading The Denning Articles
When you hear the term computer science, what comes to mind?
- I tend to think of very organized, literal people. I also usually imagine a lot of people crowded around computers in a small office located in Palo Alto.
When older relatives or friends hear the term computer science, what do you think comes to their minds?
- I would assume that the massive computers of their days come to mind. I imagine the older relatives and friends envisioning a man in a lab coat seated in front of a computer the size of a kitchen.
When younger relatives or friends hear the term computer science, what do you think comes to their minds?
- I believe the younger generation would imagine a bunch of people on iphones, tablets, and computers designing apps.
Before Reading the Janovy Chapter
When you hear the term biology, what comes to mind?
- When I hear the term biology, I begin to think about cells. I envision an image of a cell, with a cell wall, organelles and a nucleus.
Do you consider yourself a biologist? why or why not?
- I wouldn't consider myself a biologist, mostly due to what the term biologist means to me. I consider a biologist to be someone who dedicates their lives to finding and examining specimens from nature.
After reading the Denning articles and the Janovy chapter
What was the purpose of these readings?
- I believe reeducation to be the purpose of these readings. So many people(myself included) have a particularly narrow view when it comes to computer science versus "natural sciences".
Which of the voices in the Voices of Computing article seem to appeal to you the most?
- The computational scientist voice appealed to me most.
Apply one of the seven principles from the Computing is a Natural Science article to something as "non-computer-science"-y as possible, either from other subjects or your daily life.
- I believe there is a direct correlation between the communication principle and ethics guidelines for psychological data. There is great effort shown to report reliable conclusions when performing psychological studies. It is a way to ensure honestly and accuracy when reporting findings. The communication principle notes that reliable data transmission is a core entity of the principle, which in its own way, ensures honesty and accuracy when transmitting data.
What did you find most interesting or provocative about the Janovy reading?
- I found the section regarding the fact that a beetle from Peru must be held with similar esteem as a human. I often do not think about the fact that I should respects smaller representations of life because they are a representation of life, which is not small in the least.
What does it mean to be a biologist? Do you consider yourself a biologist? Why or why not?
- A biologist is someone who is entrenched in understanding life as it is understood and functions on this earth. I would consider myself a biologist in the broadest sense, because although I am not always studing the cellular processes of life, I am very interested in studying and constantly learning about the processes of life and how it relates to each and every human.
Hhinsch (talk) 23:23, 4 September 2017 (PDT)
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