Am Sonntag, den 14.05.2006, 21:55 +0200 schrieb Thomas Walter: > On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 20:52, Daniel Leidert wrote:
[..] > > > In general, my understanding of "Science" is in the sense of research > > > and not education. > > > > I do not agree. Education also means science. It doesn't just mean > > "teaching". For me, there is no difference between Science and > > Education. Where is the difference IYO? > > > > Exactly this is the key: > > Education: teaching > you are teached/trained to be able to do something > or to teach others > improve individual wisdom/skills. > > Science: research > you apply the above to find something new. > improve the global pool of wisdom. I know that opinion of course. But "education" with the meaning of "higher education" isn't that far away from "science". I know, people have different opinions here. Just a few questions: Where do you make the difference between a scientific and an educational software product? Let's say: What is a chemical structures editor? What is a (software realized) calculator with scientific functions (like those who are mostly used in education)? Just think about, that you _must_ define the answer for at least the first question if you make a difference in Debian's menu between education and science. I'm really not happy with dividing between them, because IMHO there is no clear difference. Regards, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
