On 11-5-2010 21:37, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> andrel wrote:
> 
>> Still more complicated than my own 1984 design. ;)
> 
> Anybody else attempted this crazy task?
> 
>> If you do it to give you new insights into how to make a CPU than that 
>> might qualify you as a scientist. The border is vague, possibly 
>> something along the line of how deep the insight is, how many people 
>> already know it (if nobody than you are definitely in) and if you are 
>> able to pass on that knowledge. If you are paid to do so that also 
>> helps, but you aren't.
> 
> Depends on your definitions. I would say that anybody who follows the 
> scientific method is a scientist, regardless of whether what they 
> discover is actually new. But then, if you mean a *professional* 
> scientist, or even a *reputable* one, that's another matter... ;-)

You can use the scientific method to prove that if you pour liquid from 
one vessel into another the amount stays the same. Few people would call 
you a scientist if that is the best you accomplished. So, that is why I 
said that it depends.

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