Spet0789 wrote:XFool wrote:If it is not considered too rude: You seem to me to keep on making this same mistake.
Physics is a specialised subject; biology is a specialised subject. Why would you expect an expert in any specialised subject to know much about another specialised subject? Would you expect an expert in Western Philosophy to automatically have deep knowledge and understanding of The Art of Ancient China? (There will always be exceptions).
It is perfectly possible for an expert in a specialised subject to have other, wider interests, outside their specialism. This - believe it or not - is not even unknown with scientists. The main issue is, I think, as has been observed and commented on by very many people over time, is that many people with a strong arts type background have very little, or even no, significant knowledge or understanding of scientific and mathematical ideas and methods.
Another point is, however broadening for the mind a deep knowledge of Latin poetry or Etruscan pottery may be, unlike science and mathematics it doesn't necessarily give you any immediate insights into general practical matters that can crop up in everyday life - such as say, a pandemic.
I’d completely disagree. If you have a science degree you will have two invaluable assets. First a range of mathematical tools to assess evidence and second an understanding of the scientific method. Either leaves you streets ahead of a PPE graduate or historian.
And this relates to a further comment I think I heard Vallance make. That even when there was someone in a department capable of articulating the scientific view, there was rarely any further capability within that department to receive, grasp and act upon it. IIRC.