I'll try; gotta Dr appt 11:15. On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 8:28 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is an excerpt from CP Snow, The Two Cultures, by which he was > referring to scientists and humanists. > > > > *I have heard the story attributed to A. L. Smith—came over to Cambridge > to dine. The date is perhaps the 1890s. I think it must have been at St. > John's, or possibly Trinity. Anyway, Smith was sitting at the right hand of > the President—or Vice-Master—and he was a man who liked to include all > round him in the conversation, although he was not immediately encouraged > by the expressions of his neighbors. He addressed some cheerful Oxonian > chit-chat at the one opposite to him, and got a grunt. He then tried the > man on his own right hand and got another grunt. Then, rather to his > surprise, one looked at the other and said, "Do you know what he's talking > about?" "I haven't the least idea." At this, even Smith was getting out of > his depth. But the President, acting as a social emollient, put him at his > ease by saying, "Oh, those are mathematicians! We never talk to **them."* > > > > I hope you will be there tomorrow! Looking forward. > > > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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