Computer science is a particularly ironic case: it has an inferiority complex relative to mathematics and physics, which is why it adopted the 'science' label despite being closer to engineering than natural science.

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Speaker

Peter Thiel

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people who were not very good at e or math went into computer science... it had this inferiority complex and that's why the field... grabbed onto the science label

Source

Peter Thiel: The Stagnation of Science and the AI RevolutionSummation with Auren Hoffman
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:26:35 PM

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