Comment Re:Knuth is right. (Score 4, Interesting) 149
One of the problems this causes is the lack of appreciation for the mathematics that defines computer science, and computers.
The end result is politicians making stupid laws and judges making stupid rulings...
With stupid patents on software being the stupid result.
Umm, dunno how else to say it, but honestly? Ignorance of mathematics isn't the cause of stupid laws and policy around technology; lobbyist money, bullshit ideological agendas, and self-serving BS flowing from big tech corporations would be your most likely sources for that.
I'm perfectly willing and eager to be proven wrong on this, but I figure in the list of causes? Ignorance of CompSci-oriented mathematics is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down on the list of causes for stupid governmental tech policy, somewhere around "Clippy".