But we are not a democracy, we are a Republic, a representative form of government. People do have a choice, elect someone who does represent their interests vs someone who doesn't. Its time that we take back our country, a government for the people by the people. We need people other than lawyers running for public office. We need engineers, scientists, doctors, construction workers, etc... We need people who are in touch with real world vs. people who sit around in their ivory towers.
I think that there is a little more to it than that. Computer Science is an old term that you to cover the computer industry as a whole. Just like Medical Science covers the medical field as a whole. Today you need to look at with a little more granularity.
If you are gong to go into "Computer Engineering" designing chips, hardware, developing new low level languages, creating the next user interface layer, writing new operating systems, etc.... then you need mathematics. There is no way you can do your job without it. Maybe even a dual degree in Computer Engineering and (Mechanical or Electrical Engineering).
If you are going to develop scientific and engineering based applications you need a strong understanding of mathematics.
If you are going to design business applications, do systems integration, web applications, etc... then you do not need a strong background in mathematics, but you would stand to benefit from a management, accounting, finance, English, and psychology background; because you more than anyone else are going to be working with the end user. If you cannot win over the end user with your design, functionality, user interface then they will not want to use your product.
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But we are not a democracy, we are a Republic, a representative form of government. People do have a choice, elect someone who does represent their interests vs someone who doesn't. Its time that we take back our country, a government for the people by the people. We need people other than lawyers running for public office. We need engineers, scientists, doctors, construction workers, etc... We need people who are in touch with real world vs. people who sit around in their ivory towers.
I think that there is a little more to it than that. Computer Science is an old term that you to cover the computer industry as a whole. Just like Medical Science covers the medical field as a whole. Today you need to look at with a little more granularity.
If you are gong to go into "Computer Engineering" designing chips, hardware, developing new low level languages, creating the next user interface layer, writing new operating systems, etc.... then you need mathematics. There is no way you can do your job without it. Maybe even a dual degree in Computer Engineering and (Mechanical or Electrical Engineering).
If you are going to develop scientific and engineering based applications you need a strong understanding of mathematics.
If you are going to design business applications, do systems integration, web applications, etc... then you do not need a strong background in mathematics, but you would stand to benefit from a management, accounting, finance, English, and psychology background; because you more than anyone else are going to be working with the end user. If you cannot win over the end user with your design, functionality, user interface then they will not want to use your product.
They already have R&D going on in places like India and China, as do may tech companies.
No they didn't! The Polymorphic Personal Computer (1978)