Consiglierei a tutti quando avete tempo di dare un’occhiata a questo video, di cui forse ho anche già parlato, perchè lo trovo bellissimo.
E’ in inglese e se può esservi utile riporto la trascrizione che comunque si trova su youtube:
I have a friend who’s an artist and he’s some times taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a flower and say, “look how beautiful it is,” and I’ll agree, I think. And he says, “you see, I as an artist can see how beautiful this is, but you as a scientist, oh, take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing.” And I think he’s kind of nutty.
First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me, too, I believe, although I might not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is. But I can appreciate the beauty of a flower.
At the same time, I see much more about the flower that he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside which also have a beauty. I mean, it’s not just beauty at this dimension of one centimeter: there is also beauty at a smaller dimension, the inner structure…also the processes.
The fact that the colors in the flower are evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting — it means that insects can see the color.
It adds a question — does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms that are…why is it aesthetic, all kinds of interesting questions which a science knowledge only adds to the excitement and mystery and the awe of a flower.
It only adds. I don’t understand how it subtracts.
Tags: feynman
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stupendo.. davvero stupendo!
quante volte ho sentito dire che la scienza toglie la bellezza alle cose!
quante volte ho sentito dire che la scienza è arida….non capisco cosa la gente abbia contro il tentativo di scoprire i meccanismi del mondo che ci circonda…
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adesso hai qualche spunto per rispondere con stile!
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meraviglioso
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