Why do you hate all science and logic?Originally Posted by Cone
Do you think we are heading for something Frankensteinian? A horrible invention that somehow works, but weirdly, and why would we want it to?
I think emotional life and science has to merge somehow. That's where I see the next great quantum leap as being. Social science (my area) has probably gone as far as it is going to go, because there's only so much you can "prove" in social science. My field has just about reached the maximum state of knowledge about the research process, although there are many things which still need to be researched as well as other areas have been researched.
At a young age, I decided to pursue a career in social work and at many points I have berated myself for this decision, what with taking out huge student loans, only to find myself beleagured by debt and a lower income than other professionals with Master's degrees. More importantly, I have been frustrated with the soft sciences and their attempts to quantify human nature and social systems. I have often wondered whether I would have made a better lawyer or natural scientist, especially over the last five years or so. I wonder, why didn't I push myself harder, and pursue a "real" science. More recently, I've had a breakthrough, where I've renewed my committment to my field and am no longer considering a change or highly divergent options and I find myself feeling better.
I don't really know where I am going with this except to ask you Cone, about whether you think you might be just questioning your value system, as I have questioned mine. Whether you are simply seeing the limitations of "science" and "logic" and seeing strengths in the emotional/relational/spiritual world of the unprovable or unquantifiable.