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Howdy All!
I have been lurking in the shadows of physicsforums for a few months now, but this is my first official post here.
A bit of background about me. I'm technically in my second year of university, but I say "technically" because I more or less squandered away my first year. I'm really lost, and have thought long and hard about what I want to study and what career I want, but I really can't think of anything. I'm sort of a scatter-brain, who can be interested in physics one week, history the next week, and then just want to be a worthless bum playing video games the week after. Truthfully, I can't see myself in any job I like. I like philosophy a lot, and will probably minor in it instead of majoring, because I don't want to be perpetually unemployed, or accepting some random "liberal arts degree" job upon graduation.
I was thinking of majoring in computer science. I love logic, and puzzle solving, but am not too sure about the more "practical" side of computer science. I shouldn't say I dislike programming because I have no programming experience, it's just that I wouldn't be like these kids who have been programming since they were 6 years old, and I am worried that this would put me at a disadvantage. On the other hand, I absolutely love logic and math-related puzzles and am VERY interested in the abstract side of computer science (logic, computability theory, Turing machines, Godel's theorems...(though admittedly, I don't know very much about them yet)). So, do I stand a chance of enjoying and being good at a computer science major?
Can I be a philosophically oriented comp sci guy?
I have been lurking in the shadows of physicsforums for a few months now, but this is my first official post here.
A bit of background about me. I'm technically in my second year of university, but I say "technically" because I more or less squandered away my first year. I'm really lost, and have thought long and hard about what I want to study and what career I want, but I really can't think of anything. I'm sort of a scatter-brain, who can be interested in physics one week, history the next week, and then just want to be a worthless bum playing video games the week after. Truthfully, I can't see myself in any job I like. I like philosophy a lot, and will probably minor in it instead of majoring, because I don't want to be perpetually unemployed, or accepting some random "liberal arts degree" job upon graduation.
I was thinking of majoring in computer science. I love logic, and puzzle solving, but am not too sure about the more "practical" side of computer science. I shouldn't say I dislike programming because I have no programming experience, it's just that I wouldn't be like these kids who have been programming since they were 6 years old, and I am worried that this would put me at a disadvantage. On the other hand, I absolutely love logic and math-related puzzles and am VERY interested in the abstract side of computer science (logic, computability theory, Turing machines, Godel's theorems...(though admittedly, I don't know very much about them yet)). So, do I stand a chance of enjoying and being good at a computer science major?
Can I be a philosophically oriented comp sci guy?