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Originally Posted by Botnst
I think that's pretty close to a universal opinion among scientists, Peragro. Most of them would say that studying Aristotle, Darwin, Nietsche and even Popper is pretty much a waste of precious time. In point of fact, most research scientists refuse to burden themselves with books. By the time a book is published, science has advanced 3-5 years. Why study some compilation 3-5 years out of date? Tenure depends on being current and publishing in high-impact science journals. Scientists with ambition wont waste their time.
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This is playing out on our campus in a debate about the library. Our president (who claims he chose his undergraduate courses by which classes did not have textbooks!) wants to downsize the library, reduce books and focus on electronic resources. The science department is not at all troubled by this as far as their own department goes. The Humanities dept on the other hand, is up in arms.
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