Computer Scientists in my experience are quite respectful of a number of other fields, including mathematics, most engineering disciplines, physics, even philosophy (logic) and psychology (big in stats), and most recently, biology. Computer Scientists have a &quot;no-bull&quot; mentality, because ultimately the output of their endeavours has to work on an unforgiving and brutally honest machine, unlike economics, where the output need only persuade others in the field, who have a vested interest in perpetuation of credibility of the discipline, leading to the suspicion, by others, of alchemy.