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Can anyone please explain WHY SICP is so useful?

All I see is self-declared Experts.... using the Expert tag....
Funny, i think the creator of SICP spelt IDIOT wrong...

...In return, an explanation of Machine State Implementation, probably the only concept I have ever needed....

Eg, a plane is taking off from the runway... It's Landing gear is Down, which is also computer-automated....
In the Computer program for the Landing Gear, we use a variable like Landing_Gear="Down".... When the state changes [The physical State], we change Landing_Gear="Down" to Landing_Gear="Up".... So the Virtual State is representative of the physical State... This way we don't have to worry about trying to Raise the landing gear if it's already up, nor using sensors to check, etc......

Did you see the movie Matrix?  Actually the
induced night "dream world" is synonymous
with the academic religious induced daytime
"word world" enslavement of humans. Word
has no inherent value, as it was invented as a
counterfeit and fictitious value to represent
   natural values in commerce.  Unfortunately,
human values have declined to fictitious
word values.  Unknowingly, you are living
in a "Word World",  as in a fictitious life
in a counterfeit nation - which you could
consider Matrix induced "Dream World".
Can you distinguish the academic induced
"Word World" from the natural "Real
World"?  Beware of the change when your
brain is free from induced "Word World"
enslavement - for you could find that the
natural "Real World" has been destroyed.

>>1

not sure if troll

More like Shrek =)

Does it teach any concepts Like #1?

http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-7.html

Sounds like you're not in CS, you're in CE.