[somewhereoutth]

CS is not a science, certainly not mathematics, it is not about 'seeking the deeper beauty of our [for mathematics: any] reality'.

CS is not engineering, not much actual science or working principles get applied for most of the work done.

CS is design, but design of a 4D artifact, something that moves in time and space, not just 3D. To make things more tractable, we do this in discreet space, not continuous space, which brings its own qualities and issues (e.g. non-locality - there is no underlying strata based on nearness).

Design is concerned also with the who and the why, rather than just the what and the how. Hence a broad education is helpful.

[spacemanmatt]

Is there some way to explain to me, a college dropout, why mathematics is a natural science but computations is not?

[popcube]

because math is too difficult to I can't understand what they usually do