Fun_People Archive
15 Nov
Scientists vs. Artists vs. Athletes - generalizing wildly

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 95 12:00:42 -0800
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Scientists vs. Artists vs. Athletes - generalizing wildly

Forwarded-by: larryy@apple.com (Larry Yaeger)
Forwarded-by: malcolm@interval.com (Malcolm Slaney)

"The fact of the matter is, we scientists are simply not all that
 interesting.  If I may generalize wildly, we are usually dull people with
 interesting ideas--as distinguished from artists (interesting people with
 dull ideas) and dancers and athletes (dull people with dull ideas and
 magnificent physical skills)."

                -- "Science Faction" by James S. Trefil
                a book review of fiction about working scientists
                Scientific American, November 1995, p. 107

© 1995 Peter Langston