Two Cultures

xoxoxoBruce · 07-21-2013, 02:06 PM

Two Cultures is a book written in 1959 by Brit novelist and physicist C P Snow. He laments the growing "divide between scientists and literary intellectuals in the world of academe".

This article, by a genetics researcher at Penn State, compares his culture and value to the world, with his sister/brother-in-law, who run a goat dairy in Vermont.

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I recognize that I could make similar comparisons between academics and miners, or soldiers, or athletes or musicians or visual artists. The singular difference here is that farmers provide the rest of us with sustenance. They are tied to the land and the seasons in ways that most of us can, and do, ignore.

I was at the farm once when we got word that a grant we’d applied for had been funded. This is always good news to an academic. But out feeding kids, when I explained the project to my sister, she asked: ‘Why is that important?’ Not skeptical, she really wanted to know, but I had trouble explaining.

Seen from the farm, C P Snow was right about two worlds that hardly intersect. But he was wrong about which ones. There are two cultures: farming — and everything else.

It's a good read, even if just for the description of life on the farm, so you can better understand how people like Nirvana live.

Gravdigr · 07-21-2013, 02:50 PM

A few words on The Farmer, from the should-have-been-immortal Paul Harvey:

JBKlyde · 07-22-2013, 04:16 PM

So where dose "Cain" fit in in all of this... obviously he is important he was part of GODS first family... but he kill his brother and he was a farmer.. is this just God saying he dose not want half arsed work??

xoxoxoBruce · 07-22-2013, 08:27 PM

He doesn't, this is current history.

JBKlyde · 07-23-2013, 02:52 AM

while yes I agree that leaving the past behind is necessary, I am not quite sure forgetting about it is... there are always a few things mostly lessons that can be learned from the past, and sometimes we have to go back for them.. so let me rephrase the question?? what lessons can be learned from Cain??

Clodfobble · 07-23-2013, 06:49 AM

Well, don't kill your brother, for starters...

ZenGum · 07-23-2013, 07:34 PM

.. and it's probably best not to ask too many questions about where the third generation of humans came from ...

sexobon · 07-24-2013, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JBKlyde

... what lessons can be learned from Cain??

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Originally Posted by sexobon

Jesus had a 12 man A-team ...

That question reminds me, I forgot to put this verse in my previously posted song:

Cain was an able killer
YOU'LL BE ONE TOO
Oh Lordy Cain was an able killer
YOU'LL BE ONE TOO
Oh Lordy Cain was an able killer
YOU'LL BE ONE TOO
Look awaaay, beyond, that blue horizon

JBKlyde · 07-25-2013, 07:04 PM

the lord rebuke that sexobon I am not going to kill my brother...

sexobon · 07-26-2013, 01:41 AM

the lord double rebuke that JBKlyde he IS going to kill his brother, he will kill his brother with kindness and love him to death.

07-21-2013, 02:50 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	A few words on The Farmer, from the should-have-been-immortal Paul Harvey: __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-22-2013, 08:27 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He doesn't, this is current history. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-23-2013, 06:49 AM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, don't kill your brother, for starters... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-23-2013, 07:34 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	.. and it's probably best not to ask too many questions about where the third generation of humans came from ... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-22-2013, 04:16 PM	#3
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	So where dose "Cain" fit in in all of this... obviously he is important he was part of GODS first family... but he kill his brother and he was a farmer.. is this just God saying he dose not want half arsed work??

07-23-2013, 02:52 AM	#5
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	while yes I agree that leaving the past behind is necessary, I am not quite sure forgetting about it is... there are always a few things mostly lessons that can be learned from the past, and sometimes we have to go back for them.. so let me rephrase the question?? what lessons can be learned from Cain??

07-25-2013, 07:04 PM	#9
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	the lord rebuke that sexobon I am not going to kill my brother...

07-26-2013, 01:41 AM	#10
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	the lord double rebuke that JBKlyde he IS going to kill his brother, he will kill his brother with kindness and love him to death.

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