Jack Leibowitz wrote:
Steve,
I understand your point. I do think we need to make a distinction
between technological efforts and fundamental research into basic
mysteries of the physical world. The desire to shed light on the
latter is , in itself, a humanizing experience, in the same spirit as
what is uplifting about pursuit of the arts and other humanities. In
fact, it is from the same cloth.
Agreed, though I believe that the Truth that the Arts pursue are much
more subjective and ethereal than that of Science with only the barest
of overlap. In my experience, the main shared experience is in the
apprehension of mystery and pursuit of ideas and experiences.
- Steve
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