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In article schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:

>>but I was.  I don't see why I can't enjoy (and understand) both Hannah 
>>Arendt and Oppenheimer or Feynman.  Please recall that Mr. Feynman 
>>specialized in physics but also painted and played the bongos, among many 
>>other endeavours not normally associated with 'scientists'.
>
>Not true!. Many scientists are interested in and appreciative of the arts.
>You must be thinking of engineers.


I believe there is a lot of truth to this.  I work with a lot of engineers,
and the real nuts'n'bolts type are, *on the average*, and with notable
exceptions, much more likely to be not interested in the arts than those who
can be called scientists (the distinction between engineers and scientists can
be blurry if you consider field of study alone - generally Ph.D. engineers are
more likely to be "scientifically oriented", to be much more intuitive.)

A few years ago I worked at Sandia Laboratories in Livermore, and worked with 
probably the best engineer they had (he received the DMTS award, etc.).  All
he cared for was working 8-4, going home, eating dinner, watch a little tv,
go to bed, and then get up the next day to go to work again.  On the weekend,
he really let loose and did things like mow the yard, etc - I think you catch
my drift.  When I asked him once about it, he said that if it paid well, he'd
just as soon work at a factory where he could turn his mind off for eight
hours!  He was a real nice guy, and a brilliant engineer (and Sandia has some
of the best), but outside of engineering he was extraordinarily dull.
(OK, I've crossposted this to alt.psychology.personality:  what is his
probable MBTI personality type?)

Jon Noring

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Now, if you're just dying to know what INFJ stands for, be brave, e-mail me,
and I'll send you some information.  It WILL be worth the inquiry, I think.

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