Math Geeks Will soon be Replaced by Computers!

Hmmm...I don't think I would agree to that. Computers are only machines programmed by those what your teacher called as math geeks. No computer is more efficient compared to man whose doing the inputs and giving the commands to the same. Those computers will be nothing without those people behind it. If someone will give a wrong input to a computer, the computer will not be able to correct it by itself not like us that we will all have the chances to correct our mistakes. Happy myLotting.

I don't think it's true at all. If it were true, then the geniuses that made those theories and laws on mathematical stuff should have started dwindling when gadgets and computers were discovered. If you notice, math is becoming more difficult since the event of computers. Programmers rely on math, thus, I doubt they could replace theorems with dancing soon. hahaha.. I think your teacher was just defensive because his 'creativity' is only limited to the classroom. If you take a look at the richest people in the world they are mostly people who relied on Math to do their business. For one thing, Carlos Slim Helu (The richest person in the world today) is a telecom magnate and I doubt they could raise up a telecom company with only the arts. Now, let's take a look at Bill Gates (the second richest person in the world today), well we all know he's into computers and I doubt he'd start hiring people who could dance and sing versus those who have brain power any time soon. Not to mention Mr. Warren Buffet (the third richest person in the world) who's into financial and analysis finances - he wouldn't be there if he relied on the arts either. I'm not trying to undermine people who focuses on the arts, but if one should generalize and teach this lie to the next generation, then it's something we shouldn't tolerate at all. Further, how can Math geeks be replaced by computers when they're the ones who make these things work? Perhaps your teacher meant - computers will soon replace creativity because if you look at photography, photoshop and dslr's have started replacing photographic creativity slowly. Have a great MylOt experience ahead!

well...that's a pretty good perspective. Kinda scary as well to think that there's a big possibility that machines can replace men someday.

I'm sure your teacher was right. The computer will replace the math geeks. Creative people will master the smart people.

As a mathematics teacher, I just have to disagree :-) Personally, I think the ones getting the best jobs will be the creative math geeks. See, you can be both creative and good at mathematics :-) A more serious argument is that someone got to make and program the computers. They don't work by themselves, so you'll need people skilled in mathematics and computer programming (or both) to tell the computers what to do. You'll also need people to interpret the numbers the computers produce. Sure, you can program them so that they (the computers) will analyze it too, but you still need someone who know it to do that programming.

I too find your teacher having a really valid point. Indeed it will be a world of only and only computers few years from now. The era has already begun. Obviously with newest software and more than that the minds behind those software are increasing significantly which are tending to reduce human effort. But yes here I would like to add that maths being the basic cannot be uprooted from lower studies ever. Your teacher's view is valid and it will be interesting to see how things turn up.