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In article <1992Dec12.013103.29167@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:
>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.)

     Yup, dem dere nutsy boltsy types are much less likely to like art.
     It says that right here on the back of this book marked 'preconceived
     notions'.

     Or is it that they are more discriminating?

     I really love it when people start picking on engineers like
     it is a species rather than a profession.  I've known engineers
     that were artists and engineers with the personality of a toad;
     I've also known english majors that were artists and english majors
     with the personality of a toad; not that those are the only
     two valid choices, of course, nor are they even exclusive, since I've
     known an artist with the personality of a toad.

     Should I be flattered that you 'allowed' PhD-level engineers to 
     be in the same artsy class as 'real scientists'?  Or irritated?
     Next time I see a Pieta should I go *wow* a bit more loudly to retain my 
     'credentials'?  Should I stop sniggering when see a wall covered
     with a blank canvas entitled 'Untitled #6'?   How about when a 
     toilet seat goes for over a hundred grand?

     Exactly how pretentious must we be to belong to the 'club'?  And
     do the 'real artsy types' let 'real scientists' in theirs?  I await
     further stereotyping with interest.

     Amused,

                              dale bass

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