There's so much to like about this post! Many excellent points, and well-written. I had totally forgotten about Snow's two cultures. It's a gap that does exist and it's a gap that needs closing.
There's so much to like about this post! Many excellent points, and well-written. I had totally forgotten about Snow's two cultures. It's a gap that does exist and it's a gap that needs closing.
Thanks. I see this even in my physics students; they learn the syllabus but without a real understanding. Indeed, taking mathematics out of physics leaves students without the language necessary to make their own deductions.
This also leads to a huge gap in public discourse about science and technology policy, assuming there are policies beyond corporate demands. Corporate fake science is a far bigger menace than pseudoscience, which serves as a useful diversion.
Reading H.G. Wells, while writing this, his concern was that science was being taken over by government grants and that the individual was finding it difficult to pursue their own interests. Well, we seem to have come out the other end where individuals in control of corporations now control governments who then rubber stamp any authoritarian technology.