Attempts to bring the Kuhn readings down a notch

So...after thoroughly enjoying the wonderfully crystal clear way Kuhn writes his magnificent essay tracing the history of scientific revolutions (....not!! that was sort of a cheesy Borat reference:)), I thought I'd like to include some things I read towards the end of Chapter 10 on Scientific Revolutions and Worldviews that I thought brought the overall reading a bit down-to-earth (in a level that suits my limited understanding:)).

His first comment that really hit home was how he stated on P.128 that scientists have a "...paradigm-embodied experience of the race, the culture, and profession..." which in of themselves are paradigms through which he views his researches and their consequent results. I liked how this one brought a more human aspect to the omnipotent "male-gendered, sterile, objective scientist who's main purpose in life to solve puzzles and gets puzzled in return by scientific revolutions" definition of scientist that he seemed to be operating under before this particular chapter.

In terms of the objects of nature which are presumed to be studied by the scientist, there's another sentence on P.135 that I feel reflects how often, as scientists, we tend to try to "...make nature fit a paradigm..." Of course there are merits to our attempts in organizing nature into neat little categories through which our current limited brain capacities can rationalize and make sense of the world. However, I think we should be reminded that nature is a lot messier and mysterious than we tend to assume it to be...especially when we are merely analyzing a piece of it inside a sterile laboratory environment.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend guys!