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Pro STEM-anti arts movement- it doesn't work like that

Andyh2299

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There is a movement of "Stem bros" who think only STEM is important. I used to be kinda like that. However I figured it won't work. Technology ultimately is tied to ones culture and culture is defined by it's arts.

Just look at the inventors during the Renaissance and early modern period. Let's say Da vinci They were often fluent in both the arts and sciences.
 
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Incoherent posts for 1000, Alex!
 
Technology is just a tool to enable us to use our natural resources in the most efficient productive manner.
 
Gateman_Wen said:
Actually this one makes a weird kinda sense,

Art and technology are two sides of the same coin.
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Can you expand on that?

DaVinci was unique in the art and tech thing. Ima outta my comfort zone, but are there other examples of people well versed in both arts and sciences?
 
I think art basically is a technology.
 
Rexedgar said:
Can you expand on that?

DaVinci was unique in the art and tech thing. Ima outta my comfort zone, but are there other examples of people well versed in both arts and sciences?
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I'm sure there are a few people with both but the type of traits that make people excel in STEM and opposite of those that make people excel in arts.
 
Crovax said:
I'm sure there are a few people with both but the type of traits that make people excel in STEM and opposite of those that make people excel in arts.
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Not sure I get the gist of your post. Maybe beer thirty here?
 
Rexedgar said:
Not sure I get the gist of your post. Maybe beer thirty here?
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Things like a strict adherence to structure and rules are very valuable in STEM but a hindrance to an artist
 
Andyh2299 said:
There is a movement of "Stem bros" who think only STEM is important. I used to be kinda like that. However I figured it won't work. Technology ultimately is tied to ones culture and culture is defined by it's arts.

Just look at the inventors during the Renaissance and early modern period. Let's say Da vinci They were often fluent in both the arts and sciences.
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Just look a Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg. He was also an articulate philosopher.
 
Crovax said:
Things like a strict adherence to structure and rules are very valuable in STEM but a hindrance to an artist
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That’s kinda what I thought you meant. I’ve always been of the opinion that art and science are not really related, but there are an awful lot of things that are labeled “art.”
 
Jacksprat said:
Just look a Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg. He was also an articulate philosopher.
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“Philosophy” is defined as the love of wisdom.

That leans more to science than art. As I have stated upthread, “art” encompasses a wide range of things, where science/tech is a little more narrowly defined.
 
Rexedgar said:
Can you expand on that?

DaVinci was unique in the art and tech thing. Ima outta my comfort zone, but are there other examples of people well versed in both arts and sciences?
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Interesting article on this subject.

interestingengineering.com

7 Remarkable People Who Straddled The Line Between Art And Science

While the two disciplines might seem light years apart, there is more overlap between science and art than people realize. These 7 remarkable individuals show us that it is not only possible but also fairly common for the line between artists and scientists to be ignored.
interestingengineering.com interestingengineering.com
 
NolanVoyd said:
Interesting article on this subject.

interestingengineering.com

7 Remarkable People Who Straddled The Line Between Art And Science

While the two disciplines might seem light years apart, there is more overlap between science and art than people realize. These 7 remarkable individuals show us that it is not only possible but also fairly common for the line between artists and scientists to be ignored.
interestingengineering.com interestingengineering.com
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Thanks for that respons. I admit to being of the mind-set that see art and science not having much overlap.
 
Rexedgar said:
“Philosophy” is defined as the love of wisdom.

That leans more to science than art. As I have stated upthread, “art” encompasses a wide range of things, where science/tech is a little more narrowly defined.
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Was Plato a scientist?!
 
Jacksprat said:
I don't think of scientists being creative.
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Considering step 1 of the Scientific method is observation/question of course scientists are creative. You have to be creative to come up with questions based on observations and develop hypothesis
 
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