Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!brahms!weemba From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: It could have been worse. Message-ID: <12240@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 22:41:36 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.12240 Posted: Fri Mar 7 22:41:36 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Mar-86 00:10:48 EST References: <860222195435.678780@HI-MULTICS.ARPA> <563@kontron.UUCP> <702@rti-sel.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: weemba@brahms.UUCP (Matthew P. Wiener) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 13 In article <702@rti-sel.UUCP> wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) writes: >But the thing I find most offensive about this posting is the slam >against people with liberal arts backgrounds. Perhaps some of the >semi-literate chemists and physicists I've known can study their >culture, instead of taking classes on overspecialized topics that tell >them nothing about why they're narrow-minded, asocial, and incapable >of communication. Liberal arts bigotry is as ridiculous and offensive >as hard science bigotry, n'est-ce pas? Sheesh. While it is uncommon to cross the two cultures, it is usually the scientist who tries/succeeds. ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720