Lisp, Jazz, Aikido – Three Expressions of a Single Essence
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#2I always have a small problem with trying to define art, and relate it to science. It never seems to go well.
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#3At various points in my life, I’ve done all three of these things. But I see no essential nexus between any of them. I mean, if we torture any metaphor enough we can link anything to anything.
Most human activities of sufficient complexity are a mix of art and science. All three of these activities are of this sort (neither being purely aesthetic nor completely reduceable to settled science). But those kinds of pursuits are common.
I’d gladly recommend aikido, jazz, and lisp to someone, but I’d also happily recommend judo, rhythm and blues, and smalltalk. Or fly fishing. Or go (the game or language). Or woodworking. Or... well the list goes on.
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#4At various points in my life, I’ve done all three of these things. But I see no essential nexus between any of them. I mean, if we torture any metaphor enough we can link anything to anything. Most human activities of sufficient complexity are a mix of art and science. All three of these activities are of this sort (neither being purely aesthetic nor completely reduceable to settled science). But those kinds of pursu…
I concur. It’s a stretch. And you could also stretch to any other “purist” activity.
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#5At various points in my life, I’ve done all three of these things. But I see no essential nexus between any of them. I mean, if we torture any metaphor enough we can link anything to anything. Most human activities of sufficient complexity are a mix of art and science. All three of these activities are of this sort (neither being purely aesthetic nor completely reduceable to settled science). But those kinds of pursu…
Go, go and go-go dancing
Re: Lisp, Jazz, Aikido – Three Expressions of a Single Essence
#6At various points in my life, I’ve done all three of these things. But I see no essential nexus between any of them. I mean, if we torture any metaphor enough we can link anything to anything. Most human activities of sufficient complexity are a mix of art and science. All three of these activities are of this sort (neither being purely aesthetic nor completely reduceable to settled science). But those kinds of pursu…
Right. From the article "My personal life has been revolving around three major creative activities, of equal importance: programming in Lisp, playing Jazz music, and practicing Aikido." This is someone who extrapolated their own life to a universal.
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#7Neither of which is very effective. Aikido is not a very efficient form of martial arts, even though it looks good. Jazz is not a popular form of music even though it sounds good. Lisp is not a popular language even though it writes good.
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#8In which Dean Moriarty writes a paper.
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#9Why on earth would someone publish a paper like that? This is absolutely rubbish. A guy wanted to show the world how special he is because he writes Lisp, listens to jazz, and practices Aikido, and wrote a whole meaningless paper for that. I thought that papers where examined by some committee before publication, and you need to have serious work done to get your research published. This lookes more like an article on some lifestyle magazine or personal blog, rather than a scientific paper.
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#10"Science (what we can explain), and Art (what we can't)"
Er, no. This is a horribly limiting definition of both terms.