What Is the Nature of Your Academic Expertise?
A chemist and a historian describe their fields precisely; the data scientist's answer is vague.
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[Title] "What is the nature of your academic expertise?"
Chemist: "I examine the properties and behavior of matter." · Historian: "I use written records to understand the human past." · Data Scientist (at laptop): "I use data. It's for *science*"