Week 1 Blog


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 Hi, my name is Steven Phan, and I am an economics major, pursuing a career in public accounting. Within my area of study, there is a heavy emphasis on quantitative information and statistical analysis, so I tend to lean more toward the science.



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However, just like how C.P. Snow says the “two” cultures of art and science (Snow), I noticed UCLA also resonates with that ideology, with North and South campuses. The South campus of UCLA is primarily made up of STEM major classrooms, with a more “science” culture. While North campus is majority made up of social science and humanities majors, the more “art” culture. As a North campus major, I never cross over to the south side of campus which is similar to how when professor Vessna “ Perhaps the source of these communication problems can be traced to the fact that most of the philosophers under attack in the scientific community do not work closely with scientists” (Vessna 124).  Despite there being a great divide, I still feel a sense of community and a bridge between the two cultures. Even though my major leans more toward science, I have felt that UCLA does a great job integrating “art” by giving access to a wide range of courses. I find this to be important as Stephen Wilson said, “Science/Technology literacy will need to become much more widespread. They will cease to be ghettoized as only for tech heads. Arts will need to be much more integrated.” (Wilson)


https://www.ceps.eu/ceps-publications/towards-a-european-large-scale-initiative-on-artificial-intelligence/

While reflecting on my time at UCLA and how it relates to the idea of “science,” “art,” and now the third new culture, “technology”. I realized that the rapid growth and prevalence of technology seem to have taken over and become prevalent with every student’s education here. “They will affect the lives of everybody on the planet” (Brockman). The growth of AI technology and understanding how to use it is a very important academic tool for the future. Another reflection I had was realizing that although it is very easy to point out the difference between students at this school one thing we all share in common is the idea that David Bohm says “In this respect, the scientist is perhaps not basically different from the artist, the architect, the musical composer, etc., who all want to create this sort of thing in their work” (Bohm). As students, despite our different backgrounds and upbringings, we all came to UCLA, including me, to achieve a particular ambition.

Reference:

Kelly, Kevin. “The Third Culture.” Science, vol. 279, no. 5353, Feb. 1998, pp. 992–93. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.279.5353.992.

Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution: The Rede Lecture, 1959. [Reprint]., Martino Publ., 2013.

Vesna, Victoria. “Toward a third culture: Being in between.” Leonardo, vol. 34, no. 2, Apr. 2001, pp. 121–125, https://doi.org/10.1162/002409401750184672. 

Bohn, David. "On Creativity" Leonardo, Vol. 1, No. 2. (Apr., 1968), pp. 137-149, https://www.jstor.org/sicisici=0024094X%28196804%291%3A2%3C137%3AOC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S

Wilson, Stephen. "Myths and Confusion in Thinking About Art/Science/Technology"

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