OK, I defer to Saul. Or if Michael pipes up, I defer to him as well. But I still don't believe creativity -- as something to be recognized after the fact --can be said to be a product of "individual freedom" because nobody knows what individual freedom is and it clearly can't be freedom from influence, tradition, the era, or freedom to act in completely novel ways.
wc ----- Original Message ---- From: Saul Ostrow <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 5:34:26 PM Subject: Re: Question for Mando But bill this is what makes us so different and appealing - and readily ignored except as producers of meaningless things that appeal only to our own subjectivities - what scientist wouldn't want that type of freedom form purpose On 11/14/09 5:39 PM, "William Conger" <[email protected]> wrote: Scientists rarely indulge in such pretensions, and neither do professionals in other fields. --
