Biology, Mathematics, and Reductionism (The limitations of science)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Thursday, July 09, 2009, 22:45 (5614 days ago) @ David Turell

Needless to say I'm energized by the prospects...
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> I am extremely impressed by your approach to your education with the intent of becoming an educator, and I assume that to be a professor in a college or university. I was on a path to be an academic in medicine. I love teaching and did it later clinically at Baylor C. Med., but I could not stand the politics and the endless debates that bugged my boss while I worked with him. I also loved talking with patients so I ended up in private practice, and carefully taught my patients to understand their problems.
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> I truly admire the planning you have done. You will be a great teacher. But I will still debate you tooth and nail when I disagree. - No growth can EVER come without conflict, be that of ideas, physical prowess... or anything else worth doing for that matter. I welcome such challenges with open arms--already I've been pushed to reconsider a great many things; most notably your Adler book. Though I'm barely into the fourth chapter his clean argumentation has forced me to figure out what exactly is it I believe and know about humanity's character. That's why my notes are practically nonexistent. I'm still internalizing. - Although I want to temper enthusiasm here... my greater dilemma is that I have realized I'm capable of learning anything. This makes the prospect of choice much more unpalatable. My master's will be in software engineering for the fact that it is the most broad category in computer science... I'll get the tools to pursue anything I want, which right now is focused on a job at NASA. - I might consider a PhD in the future, but that depends on the reality my wife and I face. I want to do great things, but not sacrifice my family in the process. The benefit of computer science is also that you can teach with a Master's here in the States, because we're becoming rare.