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Author Topic:   Consilience - the Unity of Knowledge
New Cat's Eye
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Message 7 of 27 (517138)
07-29-2009 7:38 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by Straggler
07-29-2009 6:11 PM


Re: CP Snow - "Two Cultures"
It still strikes me as odd that some humanities students seem to take an almost snobbish pride in their lack of scientific and mathematical knowledge.
I know what you mean. Its like:
quote:
pffft...science why waste my time
I just figured they were too dumb to get it, granted, it ain't easy.

Thanks for the The Two Cultures link.
I think the constructionists are wrong because science works. Here we are on these internets, we've put a man on the moon, F-16s, etc... science can obviously "objectively make unbiased and non-culturally embedded observations about nature".
Edited by Catholic Scientist, : No reason given.

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