Will "traditional" biology make a come back?

[piloting]

I have a feeling that biotechi s being promoted in similar way to how computers were in the 80's as the "wave of the future".It's really made me think of whhatever happened to "traditional" biology?.If it's one thing that I've quickly realized as I've gotten older is that biology is primarily concerned about cells.I remember when I was little how excited I was when I saw a biology textbook thinking that it was mostly going to be about animals but instead found out that it was mostly about the cell and the body's functions.I'm guessing that traditionally biology has been a descriptive and qualitative science only recently getting very complicated and quantitative with biotech.However the amount of apparent research,funding and interest that goes into biotech has made me think what's become of regular biology?.Will it eventually make a comeback when since biotech is "just a fad" or something like that?.

[Jeff Brady]

You're not making any sense. "Traditional" [whatever that means] biology hasn't gone anywhere.

[Nick Soapdish]

I'm guessing that you're talking about field biology and it's still there. It's becoming a bit more interdisciplinary because they're looking at the chemistry of the water, soil and air to help explain why populations are going up or down.

[Jorriss]

Biotech is separate from 'traditional biology,' which has largely become biochemistry.

Biotech is not what is normally referred to as quantitative biology. Quantitative biology is biophysics and physical biochemistry.

It was a necessary shift, traditional biology courses, while the one I took was enjoyable, are not very useful.

[Spike-X]

I'd be happy for traditional punctuation to make a comeback, myself.

[Gary_B]

I'd be happy for traditional punctuation to make a comeback, myself.

Gud luk with dat.

[Cavemold]

As long if were pumping oil field biology wont be going anywhere

[Shellhead]

Traditional biology? Like the birds and the bees?

[Nick Soapdish]

Biotech is separate from 'traditional biology,' which has largely become biochemistry.

Biotech is not what is normally referred to as quantitative biology. Quantitative biology is biophysics and physical biochemistry.

It was a necessary shift, traditional biology courses, while the one I took was enjoyable, are not very useful.

Not very useful at what level?

Most jobs won't require much knowledge of biology, but then again, you don't need to know biotech either. Biology is still useful on a much broader scale, including understanding the impacts of biotech.

And of the biologists that I know, biochemistry is only a small part of what they do.

[Jorriss]

Not very useful at what level?

They're memorization. The route most biology majors go, the major is a joke.

And most biology is biochem now. Which is understandable, you need chemical techniques to explore cells and their organelles. 3-D electron microscopy is big and you could call that pure bio, but it's a meaningless distinction.

[Nick Soapdish]

They're memorization. The route most biology majors go, the major is a joke.

And most biology is biochem now. Which is understandable, you need chemical techniques to explore cells and their organelles. 3-D electron microscopy is big and you could call that pure bio, but it's a meaningless distinction.

I don't know what most majors do, but like I said before, most, if not all of the biologists that I know do lots of field work and biochem is only a part of it. Maybe they're just old school. Most of them are in their 30s or older and there was too much labwork to be just memorization.

[Jorriss]

I don't know what most majors do, but like I said before, most, if not all of the biologists that I know do lots of field work and biochem is only a part of it. Maybe they're just old school. Most of them are in their 30s or older and there was too much labwork to be just memorization.
Yes, actual biologists do lab work - in the process of getting towards a research degree though there is mostly memorization. It's why most biology majors are extremely incapable of doing anything - same for chemistry, but too a lesser extent.