Re: Terrible threat to science - a Grim warning
- From: cd12dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:31:13 -0700 (PDT)
On 20 Mar, 11:29, "Peter H.M.Brooks" <pe...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
cd1...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
There are a few "universal geniuses", though, who apparently managed
to get both together - maybe by using the one kind of thinking in
their work and the other kind of thinking in social (and career)
functions.
Don't we all do that? Most people have different personas for different
situations. It's a natural adaptation, I think. I remember being
irritated for years by my brother who had nothing to say about the
social circle in Cape Town in his e-mails to me because he sent them
from work where he was in his working persona.
I'm not saying everybody employs rational thinking at work, but, that,
if they ever do, then you'd expect this sort of division. Not all
mathematicians marry mathematicians - of course many don't,
understandably, get married at all, but those that do must manage to get
some sort of different persona together.
I had to learn this the hard way - as a rebellious* youth, I tried to
do everything logically, even personal matters. The (mostly not so
positive) results still have an effect on me every once in a
while... :)
(* most wouldn't call this rebellious - other traits are associated
with that word - but to me, it was a stand against mostly religious
norms)
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