Heck, I’ll bite the bullet and say that applied science, and perhaps engineering, owe more to ‘irrational’ people. (Not a smooth bullet, to be sure.)
My grandfather worked with turbines. He viewed the world in a very holistic manner, one I can’t reconcile with rationalism no matter how hard I try. He was an atheist who had no problems with his children being Christians (that I know of). His library was his pride; yet he had made no provisions for its fate after his death. He quitted smoking after his first heart attack, but went on drinking. He thought electrons’ orbits were circular, and he repaired circuitry often. He preferred to read a book during dinners than to listen to us talk, to teach us table manners.
And from what I heard, he was not half bad at engineering.
Heck, I’ll bite the bullet and say that applied science, and perhaps engineering, owe more to ‘irrational’ people. (Not a smooth bullet, to be sure.)
My grandfather worked with turbines. He viewed the world in a very holistic manner, one I can’t reconcile with rationalism no matter how hard I try. He was an atheist who had no problems with his children being Christians (that I know of). His library was his pride; yet he had made no provisions for its fate after his death. He quitted smoking after his first heart attack, but went on drinking. He thought electrons’ orbits were circular, and he repaired circuitry often. He preferred to read a book during dinners than to listen to us talk, to teach us table manners.
And from what I heard, he was not half bad at engineering.