(September 25, 2008 at 12:05 pm)starbucks Wrote:This simply isn't true. 'Scientist' isn't a vague term. It has a very clear, universal definition.(September 12, 2008 at 5:30 am)Tiberius Wrote: To be a scientist you must have a degree in science, or at least have studied it enough to be considered an expert by the scientific community.
I agree with you also.
If I am practising the scientific method, I am acting as a scientist. I don't need a degree. Before the advent of the Academic Degree were there no scientists? Background knowledge doesn't matter, it's simple linguistics.
If I am running, I am a runner.
If I am playing a piano, I am a pianist.
I am am practising the scientific method, I am a scientist.
