"The historian's task is to understand the past; the human scientist, by contrast, is looking to change the future." To what extent is this true in these areas of knowledge?
This quote is true to a large extent. The historian needs to understand the past through every perspective to know the truth. Then they must take the knowledge of the past and sort out how to change or prevent certain negative events of the past. Once they have all of this, their job is to share or teach this information.
Scientists look to change and improve or at least change the future. They find new technologies in which cure or improve civilized life. However, they also find technology of the past to learn from such as CSI stuff. In a sense both historian and scientist learn from the past and teach for the future.
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