The Question Concerning Computer Science

To say that the "essence" of technology is not technology is somewhat misleading as Heidegger defines "essence" as "the way it remains through time as what it is." In this sense, it is important to realize all levels of understanding of what something might be; in the case of technology, it IS 'a means to an end' and 'human activity' as much as it is revealing, but it is not simply one or the other. In the case of a tree, a tree is a tree as whole but it is also a combination of leaves, branches, and bark. My point is, technology remains through time as a human activity as much as a method of revealing.

On a somewhat different note-
"Computer Science" is not a natural science, as it only exists because we have created computers. In computer science we learn how we can force a computer to give us exactly what we want, be it a software program or a website layout or a piece of digital artwork. We control the science of computers and there are ways to get around certain laws. For example, when coding a website, HTML is the most basic method of displaying information on a page. HTML tags are determined by the browser you are using to view the website how exactly to display the information you have given it (font size, weight, color, position, etc). Eventually, this was not adequate so in order to override these rules, CSS coding was invented. In this respect, computer science differs from natural sciences; we can manipulate the 'laws' of computer science because we have completely made it up.

In a natural science, we observe how nature reacts and form laws and theories based on our observations. We know that if we do not obstruct the path of an object, it will move towards the center of the Earth because of gravity. This is a law. However, unlike computer science laws, we cannot create new laws to force an object to levitate without exerting a force equal to the force of gravity. So, we know we can keep an object at rest (in respect to the vertical axis) by applying an equal and opposite force. If we were in the realm of computer science, we could simply override the law of gravity and create some new law to make said object levitate.

Therefore, there is a science to computers but it is very different from natural science, and thus the 'facts' - more appropriately called 'laws' - that a computer is comprised of is only correct because we as programmers have written it to exist. And always, these 'facts' are subject to the whims of the programmers and can completely be removed or changed when we wish to do so.