Is science a noble profession?

[Heiwa143]

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We all know that medicine, teaching, nursing, etc. are considered noble professions, but is science a noble profession?

 

[spiffysteve]

"Science" is kind of broad, kind of like asking if humanities are noble.

I guess it depends on what you use it for? If you're researching a cure for cancer, yes. If you're studying the chemical composition of a rock, maybe not. Still possibly important but not really noble.

 

[lolnotacop]

Science is an extremely broad field of study, with many professions and even smaller fields of study within it. For instance, medicine is a smaller field of study within science, and a physician, widely considered a noble profession, is within the field of medicine.

You could be an evil nuclear physicist hell-bent on destroying all of mankind with atomic bombs, yet your work would still fall under "science".

 

[deleted407021]

Science (more specifically, scientific thinking) is the Human species' greatest hope for survival. And yes -- it is that dramatic.

 

[eteshoe]

^ This. Though I will add that with the level of bureaucratic BS in biomedical science these days, that specific subfield of science is not as noble as it could be.