“I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.”
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Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.
If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.
