Computer sciences sounded more weighty for the skeptics.

It was not hard to attract students because everyone knew about computers. But it was very hard to attract faculty because there were no 'computer scientists' at that time -- just knowledgeable people who had jobs in industry and had learned computing on their own.

Skeptics are never deceived

You become weighty when addicted to the kingdom

The least righteous people, and therefore the least dangerous, are the skeptics.

There have been a lot of skeptics, and that's why HP sells at a discount. But there were very low expectations for everything outside of printing so the risk/reward scenario is favorable,