The Two Cultures By David Balamuth

For many years, scientists and those in humanities and arts have misunderstood each other when it comes to the importance of science. Society may continue to have unsettled disputes if scientists are unable to explain their work, and if members outside of the scientific community are unable to understand the importance of the work done by scientists. David Balamuth, an Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences was asked about his view on the unsettlement. Balamuth believes that science should be respected and agrees with what C.P. Snow had said about how the statements “I know what the Second Law of Thermodynamics is,” and “I have read a play of Shakespeare’s,” should be equivalent. Balamuth’s ideas include; society must support scientific research …show more content…
Snow’s Rede lecture, The Two Cultures, as a freshman student at Harvard College. According to Snow, England education was split between the scientists and those in the arts and humanities, who misunderstood and disagreed with each other constantly on the importance of science. The Harvard class had attended a discussion between a scientist and a poet and Balamuth had come to the conclusion that Snow was completely right and stated, “I don’t think either one hear a word the other …show more content…
Scientists should get more credit for the work they do for the world and the arguments between scientists and those of the arts and humanities background should come to an end. Science helps the world evolve and can is a very important part of everyone’s lives. In order to fully appreciate the power of science, we as citizens must be willing to help fund scientists for the many experiments and tests they need done. This can help revolutionize the human species and possibly cure medical mysteries such as cancer. Balamuth has proven that science is important to understand in order to sustain life on earth, overcome illnesses such as cancer, and discover many things unknown to man. It is important for everyone to be educated on science and why they do what they do. Scientists are at the start of something that can change the lives of many. It is just a matter of support from others and compromise between the two conflicting groups stated by C.P Snow. Just as Balamuth stated, “we are literally beginning to understand the alphabet of life, but it’s a long way from there to writing the