OT; Donald Knuth on beauty, efficiency, and the programmer as artist

[Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Friday, 27 March 2015 at 11:33:39 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
> Hmm... science exists only as long as we don't understand 
> something, then it disappears and only knowledge remains. Looks 
> like he talks about engineering, but calls it science.

One dismisses Knuth discussing the topic for which he is 
rightfully exceptionally well known at one's peril.  He may be 
wrong, but one should agonize before being sure this is the case 
and read widely and carefully about the topic first.  Often in 
our society people resolve cognitive dissonance by dismissing the 
awkward perspective that causes such discomfort, when one would 
reach a fuller perspective by putting up with the discomfort for 
a while before attempting to reach intellectual closure.

I don't believe he is making the confusion you suggest.