Emotional investment doesn't really mean anything other than emotional investment. Even as a creative, and even grading on the Message Board Exaggeration curve, making the suggestion that creating music requires more emotional investment, and therefore more noble than practicing and publishing for science, is biased and arrogant.

the notion that in order to have worth you have to be making a creative contribution to the world is pretty ridiculous. that is one way, but its certainly not the only way.

you guys are missing the best Canadian band ever...

You don't think a scientist puts his soul on the line when he's investigating and experimenting? This is a life's work, it's personal and highly emotional. The stereotypical cold and emotionless scientist doesn't exist. Attending a single scientific conference in any field will settle that idea very quickly, I assure you. The natural world exists independently of us to be sure, but it's the thought and minds of a lot of creative individuals that help make the breakthroughs. And I'm not lumping myself in here either, I've never made a "breakthrough" but I've made enough of an impact in my own field where people solicit my opinion. I try and design unique experiments that will hopefully advance knowledge. I submit those contributions and am judged accordingly. Piecing together observable phenomenon in a unique fashion is creativity. Just like if you sit down and craft a piece of music. It's not going to be completely original but it's still a creative process with plenty of excitement and affect.

This is the most compelling thing i've ever seen you say, and was written admirably. Not that my opinion matters to you, but still, there it is.

I still take offense that it's o.k. for you to pass judgement on my life's work, but that it isn't o.k. for me to do the same with yours.

If you were in austin, i'd still cook a meal with you and throw back some drinks, but i might sock you in the adam's apple while you were draining a bloody mary, mostly for the visual.

Monty gets to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

With allergy meds, though.

This is the most compelling thing i've ever seen you say, and was written admirably. Not that my opinion matters to you, but still, there it is.

I still take offense that it's o.k. for you to pass judgement on my life's work, but that it isn't o.k. for me to do the same with yours.

If you were in austin, i'd still cook a meal with you and throw back some drinks, but i might sock you in the adam's apple while you were draining a bloody mary, mostly for the visual.

DOT VS. FEATHER!!!

baby factory shut down, eh?

I have my Grad degree in the Social Sciences and never became a true academic

No shit.

thats the first thing i thought of, after revisiting the hip tenner (i assume you put together). probably way over-simplifying here, but they struck me as canada's answer to stipe and co. on first impression...

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