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Fewer students are studying science at school and university, favouring more computer based subjects instead. Is this a positive or negative development? What are the reasons for this?

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Nowadays,
an
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increasing popularity of computers seems to be inevitable.
Therefore
, subjects related to
IT
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 sphere have emerged to be prevalent among students of universities and schools rather than traditional science subjects. In
this
 essay, I will explain why I suppose that
this
 trend might deteriorate the world’s development in the future and will mention possible factors. Many people, including me, tend to think that obsession with computers could lead to dire consequences for the whole world. Indeed, if there
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 no
scientists
 who mainly battle with
climat
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climate
 changes, pollution and animal extinction, which are paramount parts of global issues, no one could come up with the solution to these problems. Computer-related
workers
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 unable to solve complicated scientific tasks, even with the aid of computers.
That is
 why
,
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 I
prone
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 to think that a lack of
scientists
 will result in severe complications for many aspects of people’s lives. The main reason responsible for
such
 behaviour is salaries.Certainly, a vast majority of
scientists
 are
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payed
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 less than an average worker
of
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IT
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 field. In fact, due to the rapid growth of IT, there is a high demand for qualified specialists,
therefore
, decent wages are
pomoted
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promoted
.
Scientists
,
however
,
are tend
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 to be less profitable
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for
prive
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private
 corporations, and companies are usually reluctant to pay them more. An additional reason that may worth to be pointing out is that science seems to be complicated. While
IT
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 sphere is supposed to be straightforward, and
thus
 more attractive,
science primarily
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 involves many math computations, a considerable amount of essential knowledge and lots of skills. In conclusion, I think that the tendency towards computer
besed
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based
 subjects might yield future repercussions, dangerous for the world’s safety. I guess large salaries and
straightforward
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 approach in work are the prime
culprit
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 of adverse
trend
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