Why do people treat Arts and Sciences as if they're on opposite ends of the spectrum?
By Raga
@esotericme (134)
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@esotericme (134)
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14 Jun 16
Hahahhh true. But then if you notice it, most of these 'artsy books' aren't backed up by proper knowledge. It's rare to find an intersection between them. But Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a great example of a book which could do justice to both.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
14 Jun 16
@esotericme Aren't both books fan fiction? I was thinking more on the lines of Stephen Hawking books and others that follow that are a mixture of science and are artistically creative. It is not Stephen I question but rather theoretical science as science?
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@esotericme (134)
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14 Jun 16
@Bluedoll Ohhh I see. Yes, they're pretty good. Especially since while the Science they do is backed up by a lot of Math and research, what they distill it down to is artsy to be palatable to us.
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@sunilparthan (6283)
• India
14 Jun 16
I will not say art and science are two different or opposite ends. Actually science is an art of making things understand or in every thing or activity there is science. so both are one.
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@esotericme (134)
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14 Jun 16
I think that too, that both are interdependent. They why is it that most job descriptions and course descriptions rarely ever include both of them?
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@esotericme (134)
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15 Jun 16
Ah! But when you look at music theory or art techniques, you find that they're just as serious as more traditional subjects...
But yeah, I understand that most people think as you do and that must be it.
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@Wordly1 (470)
• Kingston, New Hampshire
14 Jun 16
Nothing could be further from the truth. In order to understand science(once you get past the equations), one has to be literate and have a wide vocabulary. Some scientific statements can seem very abstract unless you read every word, pay close attention to punctuation and form of sentencing to get their true meaning.
