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One thing isn't inherently harder than the other. To put things in linear dualistic terms like hard vs easy good vs bad moral vs immoral can sometimes be ove
by treenyc 13y ago
One thing isn't inherently harder than the other. To put things in linear dualistic terms like
hard vs easy
good vs bad
moral vs immoral
can sometimes be over simplifying due to the normative nature of these concepts.
For someone who knows Vietnamese to learn Chinese is easy, but for someone who only knows English learning Chinese can be harder.
Each discipline has its' own linguistic domain. The difference between a software programmer and a rocket scientist is the rocket scientist knows a set of specific terms/vocabulary that distinguishes different parts of rocket, fuel, working process of aerospace and other stuff I don't know anything about. Not only does the rocket scientist knows all the terms, he/she also understands the relationship between each terms. It is mastery of this Linguistic Domain that make it possible for rocket scientists.
Programmer has mastery of a different Linguistic Domain and for some rocket scientists it may seem hard.
I do some what agree with you on the 'insecurity thing'. Although I think that is only a case in below stage 4 working culture (see Dave Logan, Tribal Leadership for reference on organizational culture stages http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.ht...).