Particularly with the recent dearth of math questions... William On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Adam Escandell <duchamp2537_at_...> wrote: > 2) There's a fundamental difference between the sciences and the > > > humanities with regards to the difficulty of each one. The fact > is > > > that if you're a science student, it's much easier to learn a > little > > > history and read some literature and become a good humanities > player > > > as well than to do the reverse. > > This is a little nutty. While I'm constantly impressed by the ability > of quizbowl players to divide knowledge into endless categories, this > is a bit excessive. All quizbowl knowledge, consisting as it does of > impetus and response, (or rather clue and answer), seems to me by > nature created equal. Is it possible that the reason why most science > majors who are quizbowl players are also capable in the humanities is > because of the nature of the distribution? While it's possible for a > humanities student to largely ignore 1\4 of the distribution and > still be a competent player, a science player, especially one > constrained only to physics, has to learn something outside of > science to even be interested in quizbowl most of the time. The only > case I see for your point would be the suggestion that more people > simply find learning literature or history to be more interesting > than learning their damn subatomic particles. This is probably true, > but to put it in terms of "easiness" or "hardness" is misleading. > > AE > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > quizbowl-unsubscribe_at_yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >
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