Davies Keith G
Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, UK AL5 2JQ.
Endeavour. 2003;27(3):131-3. doi: 10.1016/s0160-9327(03)00100-5.
It has been suggested that successful art helps to solve our emotional problems. Can it therefore help with our current crisis in the relationship between biological science and society? Art and science are activities that have seemingly different cultures; scientists are seen as objective and rational, artists as subjective and intuitive. Each inhabit cultures that are seen to be mutually exclusive, but this has not always been the case. For example, during the Renaissance, people were schooled across both art and science and there was no clear dividing line. Where did the split occur, and is their interaction important in the 21st century?
有人认为，成功的艺术有助于解决我们的情感问题。那么，它能否帮助我们解决当前生物科学与社会之间关系的危机呢？艺术和科学是两种看似有着不同文化的活动；科学家被视为客观理性的，艺术家则被视为主观直觉的。它们各自所处的文化被认为是相互排斥的，但情况并非总是如此。例如，在文艺复兴时期，人们同时接受艺术和科学方面的教育，并没有明确的分界线。这种分歧是从哪里开始出现的，它们之间的相互作用在21世纪是否重要呢？
