C.P. Snow's interpretation in the "Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution" is an idea that is prevelant in my everyday life. Snow explains that there is a difference in the two cultures of art and science and he explains it as the separation between literary and scientific intellectuals. Snow's ideas really got me thinking about the differences between these two cultures and how they are taught here at UCLA.
Looking at UCLA, everyone knows that the campus is split into north and south campus on the academic side of the entire campus. North campus is for the more artistic classes and the south campus is for the scientific classes. The boundaries suggest the differences in the way things are taught in those respective areas of campus. The arts teach the human mind to think in different ways than the human brain would normally think. North campus teaches you to think "outside the box" and think differently. Down in South campus, you are taught to do everything according to formulas and equations. There is no imagination needed as all the answers are found by mathematics and science. The differences between these two intellects is the reason why people distinguish UCLA into two different sections.
However, Kevin Kelly suggests that there is, in fact, a third culture and that it is the culture of the UCLA student. It suggests that we all interact with each other regardless of our majors and where our classes are. For example, on our baseball team we have people that have majors in north campus as well as south campus. This "third culture" suggests that we hangout with each other even though we have different ideas of what we want our major to be.
The idea of the third culture is a very interesting topic and it explains the interactions that humans have everyday with each other. We sometimes do not know what people do in their lives, but we still interact with them regardless.
-Nick Scheidler
Resources:
Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Cambridge UP, 1959. Print.
Kelly, Kevin. "The Third Culture." Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 13 Feb. 1998. Web. 09 Apr. 2017
Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo. 34. 2001: 121-125. Print
Graham-Rowe, Duncan. "John Brockamn: Matchmaking with Science and Art." WIRED UK. WIRED UK, 23 May 2016. 09 Apr. 2017
Bohm, D. "On Creativity." JSTOR. Web. 09 Apr. 2017
Looking at UCLA, everyone knows that the campus is split into north and south campus on the academic side of the entire campus. North campus is for the more artistic classes and the south campus is for the scientific classes. The boundaries suggest the differences in the way things are taught in those respective areas of campus. The arts teach the human mind to think in different ways than the human brain would normally think. North campus teaches you to think "outside the box" and think differently. Down in South campus, you are taught to do everything according to formulas and equations. There is no imagination needed as all the answers are found by mathematics and science. The differences between these two intellects is the reason why people distinguish UCLA into two different sections.
However, Kevin Kelly suggests that there is, in fact, a third culture and that it is the culture of the UCLA student. It suggests that we all interact with each other regardless of our majors and where our classes are. For example, on our baseball team we have people that have majors in north campus as well as south campus. This "third culture" suggests that we hangout with each other even though we have different ideas of what we want our major to be.
The idea of the third culture is a very interesting topic and it explains the interactions that humans have everyday with each other. We sometimes do not know what people do in their lives, but we still interact with them regardless.
-Nick Scheidler
Resources:
Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Cambridge UP, 1959. Print.
Kelly, Kevin. "The Third Culture." Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 13 Feb. 1998. Web. 09 Apr. 2017
Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo. 34. 2001: 121-125. Print
Graham-Rowe, Duncan. "John Brockamn: Matchmaking with Science and Art." WIRED UK. WIRED UK, 23 May 2016. 09 Apr. 2017
Bohm, D. "On Creativity." JSTOR. Web. 09 Apr. 2017
I really liked your connection you made back to our campus, similar to what I did, because it makes the topic more relatable and understandable. I think that you're description of the "third culture" was very critical and make a lot of sense, and i completely agree.
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