Re: extrosatva (Art isn't Easy)

Max More (maxmore@primenet.com)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:35:47 -0700


At 06:15 PM 9/16/97 CST, you wrote:
> Rick Knight adds:

> There is no superiority here much as one may attempt to contrive it.
> There is just predisposition of certain gifts and perspectives and a
> interpolation of those diverse talents. Each shows its vulnerability
> and incompleteness without the influence of the other.
>
> Case in point, from Dr. More:
>
> "I'm disapointed at how few of the [philosophy?] students have any
> background in biology and any comprehension of evolution."

No, while this is a philosophy class, these are not philosophy students.
Only one or two of the 40 in each class has taken any philosophy at all.
Rick, philosophy students in my experience tend to be more widely and
better educated than other humanities/social science students. They also
score better on tests (just as engineering students tend to score higher on
tests -- including language skills -- than other science students).

Max

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