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Can we stop describing every activity as a "science" or an "art"? are you really this insecure about your endeavors that you have to attach these signifiers to
by HidyBush 4y ago
Can we stop describing every activity as a "science" or an "art"?
are you really this insecure about your endeavors that you have to attach these signifiers to make it look palatable and convince strangers it's not a waste of time?
- synu 4y agoI always understood that usage to mean that there are deeper, unexpected layers, not that the time spent is necessarily valuable. “Discover the lost art and science of the London system” (in chess) would be a deep dive into it, rather than an explanation why playing it is a better use of your time than learning other openings.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoof course that’s the meaning in this popular use of it. english isn’t a programming language with strictly defined terms like op wants it to be
- mikkergp 4y agoMaybe, but it's an article about nature documentaries. Is 'art' not an appropriate term? It seems more applicable here than most places I've seen it. What term would you use?
- HidyBush 4y agoI don't know, "what we can learn from...", "deep insights from...", "the lost benefits of..."?
- planarhobbit 4y agoYou’d be surprised at the amount of things written by people to put a veil of logical reasoning behind impulsive, emotional and irrational life choices/decisions. Or maybe not.