Science as a vocation

Reading Essay/Report - "Science as a Vocation" by Max Weber Weber exposes some hard truths about scientific academic existence and the reflections this has on our lives. He talks about universities showing preference for lecturers who can draw the crowds, the unfortunate trend of mediocricies in the academic “aristocracy” and the luck needed to be promoted. He talks about the increasing specialisaiton of science and how discoveries made now are destined to become obsolete. …

…questions and arguments but not just for the purposes of persuasion and manipulation - for the benefit of society as a whole. Weber asserts that the goal of the scientist is to work in the hope “that others will get further than we do” so surely, by studying philosophy and politics, being that person who turns those chained around to see the light, we are aiding the progress of society with the science of politics.