Art or science?

[Dorian6]

That's a tough one. I'm an actor, but also a man of science.

Art serves to hold up a mirror to humanity and cause great societal changes.

Science can tell us about the origin of our species, it can help us better understand the universe

 

[AugustFall]

Science is an art. At it's pinnacle it is using your imagination to design something that does not exist already or imagine something that does and we just don't know it. Imagination is the greatest tool of both artists and scientists.

 

[Bobbovski]

Because our current Biology is based mostly on provably false information...

Explain.

 

[tthor]

they are both important, for without one or the other, there is no innovation

 

[TheSEPH88]

Without sience we would not exist as a spieces today period.
You do realise that the simple act of making fire is sience? the crafting of tools is also sience. Without our ability to craft tools (wich is what sience is) we would be nothing more then prey to better predators.

Saying that I must also say that I would find it pointless to live in a world without art.

 

[Koroviev]

You can't have one without the other. Prove me wrong.

The burden of proof here is misplaced.

 

[thiosk]

The best scientists and artists are secretly both.

This is a photograph, and its of ferrofluids on an index card set atop seven little magnets.

 

[interspark]

Science is more awesome, I don't know about important. Science students are cooler and more down to earth than arts students. Even arts men want our science ladies, and YOU AREN'T HAVING THEM!!!

pffft! no way! artists are sexy!

 

[interspark]

art is better, scientists claim to be making life easier, but secretly it's just a way of keeping oneself busy and keeping oneself from asking philisophical questions (as the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy taught us), nah enjoying art is true happiness

 

[interspark]

You can't have one without the other. Prove me wrong.

ok, cave paintings, where's the science there? and do explain the art in the little circuit experiment everyone does in school

 

[RAMBO22]

Science

Science is oftentimes as beautiful or even more beautiful than art.

Art is never as complex or beneficial as (modern) science, in my opinion.

Art can show you the appearance of man in a way that's aesthetically pleasing, science tell you why and how man looks that way.

any thing that can be beautiful. or is, is art... sorry but your point falls flat on its face, also no one said that science can't be art.

I suppose you are right in some respects. What I should have endeavored to explain in my original post is that what i mean by science is is science done for science's sake, and nothing else qualifies as science, and art done for arts sake, and nothing else, is art.

Your post brought up a giant whole in this argument that I didn't give enough thought to before I posted: the ambiguities of the definitions of "science" and (especially) "art".

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I am an artist. I make films, not only to entertain but to highlight social problems ignored by mainstream media.

I love to write. I love to create. While I enjoy science, I'm clearly on art's side. Mostly because I SUCK at mathematics.

 

[Accountfailed]

Studying both physics and art, may I make a point?

what use is technical capability?(science, engineering, etc...)

without the imagination and clairvoyance to use them properly? (art, architecture, design etc...)

you cannot truly expect to create a world changing theory or an object that changes the way people fundamentally function if you don't have the ability to create the abstract concept of it in your mind, this is where I've seen many "I wanna be the guy" scientists and mathematicians fall short.
all that brain power and no compass to tell it where to go.

If you have any shred of an artistic mind in you, then cultivate it. You will reap the rewards in Science.

 

[carpathic]

People do not visit other countries to see their "science". In terms of straight effects on the world, I have to go with art.

Science is the medium, art is the message (despite what McCluhan said)

 

[MGlBlaze]

Why not both? Can't I say both?

Mythbusters has shown just how beautiful science can be, and art rarely has explosions.

Another thing; Science can be something of an art in itself, and many Arts make use of scientific concepts to make themselves appealing to us.

 

[mikev7.0]

Are those two really so different as to warrant a choice between them?

Absolutely. Science does.

More important in what way?

I pursue philosophy, which is neither one nor the other but somewhere in between. However, if choosing to pursue one or the other, I'd probably choose art. I once pursued science but found its tedious dissection of things unnecessary and exhausting. I'd probably pursue art because it would help me engage human empathy while stirring the same change in perceptions that science can.

But more important? That really depends on what method we are using to gauge that.

Actually isn't Philosophy considered the Father of Science? I thought Science grew from natural philosophy and it's a good thing others didn't find science unnecessary or exhausting or you wouldn't be able to complain about it on your computer or play your games.

Science achieves. art can only inspire.

 

[SoranMBane]

Science is definitely important in making people's lives more livable, but I suppose it depends on how civilized a particular society is; at the point where the lives of average people can be about self-fulfillment and not simply survival, art and science pretty much become equals, because good works of art can be every bit as important to an individual's well-being as technology (I sure as hell wouldn't be in as good of a mental state as I am without certain works of literature). They also have a tendency to push and inspire each other a lot. Hell, two entire art forms, video games and film, wouldn't exist without technology, while technology that we take for granted, like cellphones or the internet, likely owe their invention to various works of science fiction. I don't know if either is really more relevant. As far as which I'd rather pursue, I'm definitely more of an arts person.

 

[ModsDeleteThisAccountPlease]

I couldn't decide because I'm into both and both require the other in some way so I clicked *other*

 

[wickermole]

n

 

[shreedder]

both are needed. Science provides much more for survival, but art is what makes the world so amazing.