For some reason, I am brought into frequent contact with the sentiment that detailed technical knowledge of a thing somehow detracts from the potential aesthetic appreiciation of that thing. I blame popular culture, and the portrayal of caricatured, impersonal sceintists, especially medical doctors, in film & television.

I'll let you in on a secret: it's not true. One might even go so far as to define scientist as "one who finds joy in learning, and beauty in understanding".

In other news, Star Wars sucks, but Yoda still rocks. Except for the bit in episode 3 where he anticipates the misinterpretation of the prophecy, but that doesn't have any effect on the story and everyone immediately forgets about it. What I mean to say is, Yoda can play the guitar.