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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:55:03 EST
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- From: Tim Johnson <ST402711@BROWNVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Take-home exam
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- > Here is a parallel with science: there are 'real scientists' who
- >make the discoveries, advance their fields, etc., and there are
- >'popularizers of science' who make those discoveries available to many
- >people outside the narrow circle of specialists by putting complex ideas
- >into a form that can be easily digested by dilettantes. And so do some
- >composers. And ALW is one of them. And while the 'popularizers'
- >don't contribute directly to whatever they are describing,
- >they are partially responsible for general public's education, which is
- >not that bad, if you think about it.
-
- Ilia makes a good analogy...but....
-
- Well, I'll just say that I've met few "popularizers" of
- science that I really like.
-
- (And I'm changing my mind about my previous post anyhow.
- I think of ALW less as 'crossover' and more as 'popularizer.'
- Two very different things. In fact, I think much of this
- stuff labelled crossover is like that. _Hush_, for example.
- Bleah.)
-
- -Tim
-