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  1. Re:computer science is weird on Innovation on the Edge? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Nobody comes up with a theory about how "the computer space" works, and then tries to prove it, because everything is pretty much well documented and everything is understood because we created...

    Huh? There are thousands of researchers working dilligently every day to figure out how "computer space" works. Computer science is a very young field, and at present, we are unable to answer even the most basic of questions concerning the nature of computation and its relation to time, space, information, randomness, and the universe.

    You want extreme programs? Look at Nisan's pseudorandom generator, the PCP theorem, Shor's quantum factoring algorithm, etc. These are all efficient programs that changed the way people thought about the world.