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                                             February 01, 2012

  I was raised on the very
  careful distinction between
  science and technology:
  science is the acquisition of
  knowledge about the world; and
  technology is the application
  of science,

        Because of this distinction,
        we're stuck with some grossly
        awkward terminology-- there's
        no good way to refer to both
        at the same time without
        actually saying "science and               If you want to refer to
        technology", and so we do say              the period in history
        that, over and over.                       when everything changed,
                                                   what do you refer to?
        But the fact that these two                "The Industrial Revolution"?
        are continually paired together...
        doesn't that suggest something?               But there wasn't really a
                                                      Scientific Revolution
            This rigid distinction                    that preceeded it, right?
            between knowing and
            doing sounds like yet                     Didn't they both largely
            another reflection of                     progress together?
            the mind-body dichotomy.                  Then why do we insist on
                                                      separating them?




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