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Both of the CS majors I knew that switched majors switched to Philosophy.

I never asked why. They both were having trouble in the Intro Algorithms class when they bounced.

Maybe people that think they are CS/Math people and then find out that they might not be CS/Math people find solace in Philosophy? Maybe what they liked about CS/Math was the logic more than the algorithms.



Well, if you go to Oxford you can now get both.

http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/admissions/ugrad/Computer_Science...


Perhaps that way they can still get into A.I., except without having to learn LISP. I wonder if there are any ex-CS people who similarly go into Linguistics.


"I wonder if there are any ex-CS people who similarly go into Linguistics."

It's surprisingly common in my personal experience.




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