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Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by curiousgal on Thursday August 04, 2022 @08:28AM (#32341936)
Because it doesn't really mean anything nowadays does it? For instance the guy in question majored in History and Education.
Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by Gordonjcp on Thursday August 04, 2022 @08:29AM (#32341947)
Education isn't a science?
Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday August 04, 2022 @08:43AM (#32342063)
No, why do you think it is? You can do science in an educational setting, and education often relies on results from psychology or biology, but it's not a science.

Some would argue that educationalists often experiment on children, but that's not the goal (and of course that's a minor aspect of education).

Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by Gordonjcp on Thursday August 04, 2022 @12:33PM (#32345094)
It sounds like you don't really know what science is, or education.
Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by reaperducer on Thursday August 04, 2022 @09:47AM (#32342842)
This will be news to the millions of people who have earned Bachelors of Science degrees in Education.
Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by dwringer on Thursday August 04, 2022 @09:59AM (#32342994)
Ironically, Sir Isaac Newton (whom I'd consider a scientist) actually earned a Bachelor of Arts. I would say the degree doesn't matter, the practice of science is what makes a scientist.
Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by dragonwriter on Thursday August 04, 2022 @11:52AM (#32344526)
> Ironically, Sir Isaac Newton (whom I'd consider a scientist) actually earned a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Science didn't exist until the mid 19th century. Historically, the four faculties of arts, law, divinity, and theology each had bachelors and terminal (eventually standardized as doctor for all except arts, and master for arts) degrees. The explosion of other degrees (and masters as an intermediate degree, rather than a terminal one, in many fields) is a relatively recent phenomenon.

Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by curlftpfs on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:31AM (#32343416)
Oh come on, most attorneys have Juris Doctor degrees, we don't call them Dr. Lawyer.

I know an illustrator with a B.S. in design.

Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by reaperducer on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:34AM (#32343452)
Oh come on, most attorneys have Juris Doctor degrees, we don't call them Dr. Lawyer.

There are lots of people we call "doctor." The ones with Ph.D's. And some of them are lawyers, and are addressed as "doctor."

Also interesting: There was an HN comment a few weeks ago that pointed to a helpful link which demonstrated that the idea of "doctor" didn't start with medical doctors and spread to other disciplines, it was the other way around.

I know I was surprised.

Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by curlftpfs on Thursday August 04, 2022 @12:06PM (#32344698)
> There are lots of people we call "doctor." The ones with Ph.D's

No, the ones with doctorates. A JD's technically a doctorate, a graduate degree, but it would be silly to expect people call you "doctor" because you have one.

Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by bombcar on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:03AM (#32343050)
Which is indicative of how the word has changed; scientist now means more "knowledge worker" than it does "person doing careful experiments to discover new things".
Re:Interview with the scientist who’s writing the Webb photo... by curiousgal on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:56AM (#32343754)
Hence my initial point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯