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I'll add that I intensely dislike his answer but felt compelled to link it due to its honesty and debate inspiring nature. But here goes: I think it is question begging to call CS a new liberal art without qualifying why (many people go for CS precisely because its practical). And its also unfair to think that a person cannot be intellectually devoted to a practical field (law is a pragmatic degree yes but its a love affair for a supreme court judge, why not the same for a business professor?) I think its more anti-intelectual to rank disciplines based on merit.