tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post775798893451393877..comments2023-10-30T15:23:32.706+00:00Comments on Celebrating Science: Good or Misunderstood?: The Wicked Witches of Art and ScienceLinda Gillardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747108591927491742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post-41333880417411424082022-03-26T07:04:00.322+00:002022-03-26T07:04:00.322+00:00Grateful for you writing thisGrateful for you writing thisPierre Mercerhttps://www.pierremercer.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post-54052712728746391732011-10-11T16:23:35.861+01:002011-10-11T16:23:35.861+01:00I was nodding away while reading this, Kate. Most ...I was nodding away while reading this, Kate. Most enjoyable and thought-provoking. I don't know which upsets me more: hearing arrogant and largely ignorant artists trashing science or arrogant scientists trashing religious faith. (But I really should spend less time on Facebook...) <br /><br />As I come towards the end of my residency, I too have been trying to track why I originally became interested in science after such a lamentable start at school. It was the excitement of new ideas and the contagious enthusiasm of scientists (Feynman, Dawkins and Pinker) for their subjects. Then what really got me going was the breathtaking clarity and excellence of their <i>writing</i>.<br /><br />I'm not a scientist, nor a believer in any religious faith for that matter, but I <i>am</i> a writer and I know a good thing when I see it.Linda Gillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335035994393050845noreply@blogger.com