pancake1
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« on: September 01, 2008, 12:37:16 AM » |
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Undeniably true. Personal experience is: science/engineering majors look down on humanities/business majors because, and I quote, 'anyone can do what they do' or 'its mostly unscientific so it doesnt benefit mankind technologically'. Or to put it into perspective, 'they [the non-science/engineering majors] couldn't possibly save themselves let alone humanity if an asteroid were to strike earth'. Business-related majors look down on science/engineering majors because they are viewed as so called 'technical [expendable] people' that fail to see the bigger picture. Or they would be grinning at the prospect that someday they will eventually attain higher wealth than science/engineering types (regardless of whether its true or not). This is why bean-counters and engineers generally don't hang out after work. This culture has been brewing since the days of undergraduate life.
Whats your opinion on this issue?
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zarathustra
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2008, 12:52:12 AM » |
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Puhleeze. I'm in music. We're down there on the bottom of the humanities' shoes. ;)
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2008, 12:55:47 AM » |
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I think a lot of the people I know in both humanities and business fields would strenuously object to being combined in your example.
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2008, 01:01:30 AM » |
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I probably shouldn't post here, but I think this is adolescent. Presumably, most grown-ups realize there is value in every field.
Except business.
Kidding!
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zharkov
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2008, 09:26:14 AM » |
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C. P Snow pretty much covered this in his Two Cultures, written about 50 or 60 years ago. The topic is so 20th century.
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__________ Zharkov's Razor: Adapting Zharkov a bit to this situation, ignorance and confusion can explain a lot.
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pancake1
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2008, 01:31:05 PM » |
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Well even science & engineering majors will object to being bunched together. Science majors would like to think they understand the underlying principles of science that engineers need not neccesarily understand in order to utilize. Whilst engineers feel they are the practical bunch, because theres no point to anything let alone science that you don't put to use in life for which benefits mankind somehow. Everyone's perspective is always one that makes themselves feel more adequate when in reality both are of course important.
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2008, 02:15:47 PM » |
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wanderer
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2008, 03:03:49 PM » |
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"This culture has been brewing since the days of undergraduate life."
Actually, if you want to go Biblical, Cain and Abel's fight was because one was a farmer and the other a hunter.
I think the looking down usually go both ways. One thing I like about my new school is that everyone makes pretty much the same salary. This is because we are poor, and yet it provides a parity I haven't felt at other places. Also, the teaching loads are pretty similar. Good fun...
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2008, 03:06:11 PM » |
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Everyone's perspective is always one that makes themselves feel more adequate when in reality both are of course important.
Frankly, I think most of the time it's the other way around: "Everyone's perspective is always one that makes themselves feel more important when in reality both are of course adequate." VP |
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larryc
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2008, 03:46:48 PM » |
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I think you worry too much about what other people think.
Of course that is easy for me to say. I am a historian, and it is universally acknowledged that history is the most important academic discipline.
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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2008, 04:53:07 PM » |
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I am a historian, and it is universally acknowledged that history is the most important academic discipline.
Woo! Heck yeah, it is! *high fives larryc and does the AHA touchdown dance* |
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2008, 04:43:12 PM » |
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I think you worry too much about what other people think.
Of course that is easy for me to say. I am a historian, and it is universally acknowledged that history is the most important academic discipline.
Unless it is taught in a classroom with candles and ocean noise playing softly. Otherwise, yup. I have never done this, BTW. |
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In other words, it is a moral and philosophical question, not a question of details.
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2008, 04:54:47 PM » |
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If it happened more than 30 seconds ago, it is all history. All your subjects belong to us.
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« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2008, 04:22:38 AM » |
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I must confess I am strongly prejudiced. I am absolutely fine with humanities, but I don't have a very high opinion of the business school. These people don't seem like real academics to me.
Oh, and I also have problems with the school of education.
I suppose now I should hide for a while.
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The problem with the young is that they think that intelligence is a substitute for experience. The problem with the old is that they think that experience is a substitute for intelligence.
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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2008, 11:14:57 AM » |
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As a business academic, I have often dealt with the stereotyping of my field, but each field has its own stereotype.
Most academics in a strong practical field want their field to be the "most practical field" out there. I tend to play nice with other academics and try to find commonalities with other fields.
Whether or not, I'm considered a "true academic" by someone else doesn't bother me. I let my academic record speak for itself and still cash my paychecks.
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