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> I think CS has the potential to reframe a huge number of fields and offer a different or unique take on how those fields might approach problems. e.g. a chemi
by mxkopy 4y ago
> I think CS has the potential to reframe a huge number of fields and offer a different or unique take on how those fields might approach problems. e.g. a chemical reaction could be reframed as a computation that takes inputs and produces outputs.
Very well put. I had this sort of dream going into my studies. Unfortunately the prevailing ideology (at my school) seems to be that CS is applied mathematical induction and discrete logic.
Though I do think the dark horse of the 21st century is going to be computational biology, and that will really kick things off in the direction you describe. Imagine git fetch & make 'ing an orange tree, where the source is some amniotic goo