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Why is that?
by blackbear_ 4y ago
Why is that?
- curiousgal 4y agoBecause it doesn't really mean anything nowadays does it? For instance the guy in question majored in History and Education.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoEducation isn't a science?
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoNo, why do you think it is? You can do science in an educational setting, and education often relies on results from psychology or biology, but it's not a science. Some would argue that educationalists often experiment on children, but that's not the goal (and of course that's a minor aspect of education).
- reaperducer 4y agoThis will be news to the millions of people who have earned Bachelors of Science degrees in Education.
- dwringer 4y agoIronically, Sir Isaac Newton (whom I'd consider a scientist) actually earned a Bachelor of Arts. I would say the degree doesn't matter, the practice of science is what makes a scientist.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Ironically, Sir Isaac Newton (whom I'd consider a scientist) actually earned a Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science didn't exist until the mid 19th century. Historically, the four faculties of arts, law, divinity, and theology each had bachelors and terminal (eventually standardized as doctor for all except arts, and master for arts) degrees. The explosion of other degrees (and masters as an intermediate degree, rather than a terminal one, in many fields) is a relatively recent phenomenon.
- bombcar 4y agoWhich is indicative of how the word has changed; scientist now means more "knowledge worker" than it does "person doing careful experiments to discover new things".
- curiousgal 4y agoHence my initial point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- curlftpfs 4y agoOh come on, most attorneys have Juris Doctor degrees, we don't call them Dr. Lawyer. I know an illustrator with a B.S. in design.
- reaperducer 4y agoOh come on, most attorneys have Juris Doctor degrees, we don't call them Dr. Lawyer. There are lots of people we call "doctor." The ones with Ph.D's. And some of them are lawyers, and are addressed as "doctor." Also interesting: There was an HN comment a few weeks ago that pointed to a helpful link which demonstrated that the idea of "doctor" didn't start with medical doctors and spread to other disciplines, it was the other way around. I know I was surprised.
- curlftpfs 4y ago> There are lots of people we call "doctor." The ones with Ph.D's No, the ones with doctorates. A JD's technically a doctorate, a graduate degree, but it would be silly to expect people call you "doctor" because you have one.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoIt sounds like you don't really know what science is, or education.