Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: [Leica} Two cultures: Off Topic and Long
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:05:17 -0800
 
Jeez Leon... does this mean that I have to start taking a newspaper now?

:-)

Jim

At 10:39 PM 2/28/99 -0500, Leon wrote:
> 
>1.  "Vulcan" Logic is merely Logic.   Specializing in mapping facts. 
>
>...
>
>      Human life and subatomic physics are far more complex than celestial
>mechanics or mere optics.  The emergence of two scientific cultures thus has
>taken place in physics.  Beyond this, as noted by C.P. Snow, there has
been an
>emergence of two wider cultures:  natural science and  the humanities.  This
>isn't good and is the default setting in the history of human thought.  In
>physics it would be nice to have a unified theory such that the work of
>Einstein and Heisenberg might become "one".  
>
>...
>
>Best of Philosophical Light,
>
>Leon
>LP6@aol.com