tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post1309928746651525105..comments2024-03-12T03:23:42.976-04:00Comments on NeuroDojo: Scientists of WalmartZen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-65594812390227151022013-01-18T08:51:27.943-05:002013-01-18T08:51:27.943-05:00Great article! Thanks for sharing and more power t...Great article! Thanks for sharing and more power to you!Alaska King Salmon Fishinghttp://www.togiaklodge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-8313891690676138212013-01-17T17:16:13.316-05:002013-01-17T17:16:13.316-05:00Keith: I am not trying to disparage others, and I&...Keith: I am not trying to disparage others, and I'm not trying to think I’m above “gas station culture.” I’m struggled a lot with how to articulate what I was after, and I’m not sure I did it well.<br /><br />Let me try this:<br /><br />The point is that, in science, like in broader society, there are “social classes.” In science, we like to pretend those are greatly minimized, if not eliminated. I was groping for a way to express my realization that I inhibit a particular <i>scientific</i> class. And I was thinking that moving between those classes can be hard.<br /><br />This post is “thinking out loud” post, so I <i>hope</i> that clarifies, but forgive me if it doesn’t. Zen Faulkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-53490248745082745372013-01-17T15:40:24.686-05:002013-01-17T15:40:24.686-05:00Funny, but . . . dude, try to get over thinking th...Funny, but . . . dude, try to get over thinking that you're "above all this gas station culture".<br /><br />You don't have to like the same things that other people like (NASCAR or booby cups); you don't have to have had the same experiences they did (community service sentencing); you don't have to hold the same political or social opinions they do. You might even think some of those things are questionable or betray bad values.<br /><br />But the idea that they shop at gas stations in rural areas without shopping centers, or that the gas station stores stock things that people in that area actually like or use, is hardly grounds for disparagement.<br /><br />If you have a real beef with these people (it doesn't sound like you did), you can address it on substantive grounds. But don't think it's some sort of embarrassment that somebody might take you for a lower-class redneck, or that it's unfortunate that your scientific colleagues would look down on you the same way you look down on them.<br /><br />The problem is not that people might have the same prejudices toward you that you have toward others. The problem is the prejudice itself.Kevin T. Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252444671224916804noreply@blogger.com