Scientific ‘Purity’ in the ‘Connected Age’

I just started reading Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan J. Watts. It’s a book on network theory and related to the Multi-Agent Neural Network project I’ve been working on. The first chapter, “The Connected Age”, reminded me of this XKCD comic: When first saw the comic as an Psychology / Neuroscience undergrad, I found it extremely amusing – I wasn’t on the bottom! To my delight, the book chapter further highlights the need for “less pure” disciplines.