The ascendant position of science in our world (...) is due to the tangible results in scientific theories - from steam engines to electric lights to computers and cell phones - none of which should be underestimated. To one degree or another, every person on earth is both a beneficiary and a victim of scientific invention. It does not follow, however, that reading history, philosophy, poetry, and novels or looking at works of visual art or listening to music does not also transform people's lives, both for better and worse. Although such changes may be less tangible, it does not render them less real or somehow inferior to the effects of technology. We are also creatures of ideas.
Siri Hustvedt, A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women
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