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danansyesterday at 8:00 AM1 replyview on HN

> There are many ways to solve problems, but when you constrain yourself to solving them mechanistically, that is what makes computer science computer science.

How would one solve a computational problem non-mechanistically? Even if executed with pen and paper, or sticks scribbling on sand, any algorithm is still mechanistic.


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raddanyesterday at 12:11 PM

Non-algorithmically, using intuition, like a (non-programmer) human.