"Thomas McDonald" writes:

"David James Polewka" wrote in message
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http://www.panix.com/~clays/Una/una3.html

THE MOTIVES OF SCIENTISTS
87. Science and technology provide the most important examples of
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and effort that scientists put into their work. The
"curiosity" explanation for the scientists' motive just doesn't stand up.

David,

This fellow is a comedian. How interesting that he feels competent to
rule on what is "normal".

FWIW, pretty much everyone I know who has a very narrow scientific focus
has a range of curiousity and excitement about other areas. Hell, even
Gould was a Red Sox fan, and wrote on baseball.

Tom McDonald

snip more-of-the-same ramblings
Gould was a Yankees fan. I remember reading something he wrote wrt to
Red Sox hitter Ted Williams. When the Sox played the Yanks, Williams was
The Enemy.