tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post7759493307468981602..comments2024-02-28T02:22:20.886-08:00Comments on homunculus: Philip Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986655706443117158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-2921265227674597992008-06-11T06:57:00.000-07:002008-06-11T06:57:00.000-07:00Imagine the horror in the corridors of physics dep...Imagine the horror in the corridors of physics departments up and down the land, if they were forced to comply with the edicts of the 'soft' sciences, who point out that physics would become more popular and therefore more economically viable within money-strapped universities, if the subject was more 'touchy-feely'. You can just see the gloating arts faculties, as tears are mopped with corduroy in the quad.<BR/><BR/>If you can imagine that, then it should be no surprise when the strap-on is on the other codpiece; that social 'scientists' should come up with these rationalized objections at the thought of resulting to maths, just like the 'other lot' do.<BR/><BR/>Gone are the days of the Michael Polanyi type polymaths, as economics drives science faculties towards 'popularity' rather than rigour.JimmyGirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01548795180321590463noreply@blogger.com