I’ve always been skeptical of anything which uses “truth” to mean something other than “is factually correct”. It almost invariably is used as an excuse to say “we can’t show this is factually correct, but we want you to treat it as such anyway”.
The first part could be read as, art (morality, aesthetics, appreciation of humanity) can prevent us from scientific methods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation#Freezing_experiments) or conclusions (human biodiversity). Regarding the freezing experiments, I wouldn’t be surprised if that knowledge has saved more people than were killed in the experiments. While “shut up and calculate” is popular around here, I think a lot of people would have a problem with such experiments, no matter what the net positive is.
The second part could be read as being against post-modernism/relativism/new-age b.s. Sadly the pointed, acknowledged absurdity of dada and surrealism has gone mainstream, and “What I say is art is art” is interpreted non-ironically.
My science, unrestrained by mere art, will reveal inhuman laws of physics! I will prove inhuman mathematical theorems and research an inhuman cure for cancer!
...Seriously, is that saying anything beyond “both artists and scientists should have high status”?
-- Raymond Chandler
I’ve always been skeptical of anything which uses “truth” to mean something other than “is factually correct”. It almost invariably is used as an excuse to say “we can’t show this is factually correct, but we want you to treat it as such anyway”.
Examples?
The first part could be read as, art (morality, aesthetics, appreciation of humanity) can prevent us from scientific methods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation#Freezing_experiments) or conclusions (human biodiversity). Regarding the freezing experiments, I wouldn’t be surprised if that knowledge has saved more people than were killed in the experiments. While “shut up and calculate” is popular around here, I think a lot of people would have a problem with such experiments, no matter what the net positive is.
The second part could be read as being against post-modernism/relativism/new-age b.s. Sadly the pointed, acknowledged absurdity of dada and surrealism has gone mainstream, and “What I say is art is art” is interpreted non-ironically.
Looking at modern art, I’d say it’s not doing a good job...
My science, unrestrained by mere art, will reveal inhuman laws of physics! I will prove inhuman mathematical theorems and research an inhuman cure for cancer!
...Seriously, is that saying anything beyond “both artists and scientists should have high status”?