What in the world does it mean to say computational mode of thought?

计算模式的思维,到底是什么意思呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

If you follow these instructions " you will be a man my son." So that's the mode of thought he may have been in when he talked.

如果你遵循这些教诲,你将成为一个真正的人，我的孩子,所以，那也许才是他发言时所处的思维模式吧。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选