From: WAF102@psuvm.psu.edu (William Fabanich)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: Engineering/Sciences bashing ( Re: Any Humanities Grads out there?
Date: 17 Apr 92 07:35:50 GMT
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Organization: Penn State University

Boy oh boy...would you give me a break!

Let me first state that I am an engineering major AND a liberal arts major!
The fool that I am I am working on 2 (count 'em 2!) degrees at once. I must adm
it that the engineering degree (ME) takes up the most time....but the LA degree
takes up the most effort. Now I'm not really someone who just likes to have his
egg roll ( I just had chinese...) and eat it too, but there are both a part of
life...and I try to enjoy all parts of life.

When these arguments break out I just think it is because that one "side" is
"afraid" of the other. Now you ask why should we be afraid?!? Well this is just
a hypothosis, but when one group constantly regards another as"inferior"
it usually is because they fear the differences...simply people fear
things/people they don't understand. (Seems we humans have been having this
problem for quite some time, doesn't it....hmmmm.)

One thing I have never understand (I hope I never understand it) is why people
have to look at everthing as an absolute. I could take a stab at by saying that
people like things simplified as much as possible. I guess that makes sense.
But it doesn't make it right. Both those in the sciences and those in the
humanities must deal with the real world...So Wake Up and Smell Reality!

The world, universe, dimension...etc is NOT black and white (plagiarism...)
it's just subtle shades of grey.

I think there are a few quotes that I will leave you with that I always think
of whenever this STUPID argument comes up....

      (These are approximate...don't you love parentheticals!)

              "Science makes life livable....Art makes life worth living"

              "Knowledge is one, its division in to subjects is a consession
                           to human weakness"

              "Where laws and rules are absolute justice can never be served"

                    - by some very wise people

(disclamier - my spelling sucks)



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