[brudgers]

Not really I think.

The tools to experiment and apply contemporary computer science to useful ends are accessible.

Biology and physics lack this property.

You can get book learning in them. But not hands on experience solving real world problems. Too many gate keepers.

[iobt92]

I agree, but which fields would you say (within and outside computing) one can dive pretty deep into via both books and hands on experience?

[brudgers]

Art. Literature. Music.

Fields without gatekeepers at every entry point.