Science as Vocation

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Comparing American to German scholarship in research

E.g. career paths, likelihood of retaining tenure

132 predominance of mediocrity because of human laws of cooperation *rlated to Durkheim and cooperation?

143 scientific training… is an affair of intellectual aristocracy

Only perfect work is specialised work

When we cross boundaries, as sociologists often do, we are giving useful Qs to specialists which they might not have tohught of

You have no calling in science unless you can bear to wait for 1000 yeasars to start and 1000 years in silence (before recognition) = PASSION (p. 135)

Need both work and enthusiasm

Ideas come when they please

Young people, cult of personality and personal experienjce- try to get life experience. Weber says that to work at a science desk is personality.

When someone asks, how can prove that I am something other than a mere specialist- that person has no perosnality *links to Durkheim! individuality

Artworks that are fulfillemnt are never superseded but in science, great discoveries are always superseded. That is the nature of it. P. 138