Word: huxleyism
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...Huxley's approach, while not directed toward the Two Cultures, has relevance to the problem. His book discusses the differences between science and literature, particularly the aims and subject matter of each. He is unquestionably qualified to carry on such a discussion, and his book is marked by flashes of real brilliance--as well as dismal organization...
Training outside one's special field is useful for communication with others, but what exactly is the value of communication between scientists and non-scientists? Snow hedges, and hints at sociological dangers if communications remain broken. Huxley is more outspoken. He sees in the breach a loss to literature, which in the past has incorporated scientific concepts as they have been developed. It may be that a more scientific poem about nightingales must await a change in the attitudes of the readers as well as the poet; it is a mistake, to believe that such an attitude change does...
...says Huxley, is the advantage of communication one-sided. Scientists can learn from the humanists, and Huxley has a fine example--the relation of personality to body form. A matter of artistic convention for centuries, science has only recently begun to investigate the relationship...
...Jamaica Committee, on the other hand, attracted scientists and philosophers. Charles Darwin was passionately involved, even though his own theory of the survival of the fittest had been bor rowed by the imperialists. Darwin was joined by John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer and Charles Lyell. Thomas Henry Huxley was moved to sardonic eloquence: "I daresay Eyre did all this with the best of motives, and in a heroic vein. But if English law will not declare that heroes have no more right to kill in this fashion than other folk, I shall take an early opportunity of migrating to Texas...
Koufax finally seems to have out-pitched his own luck. The Dodgers are paying him $30,000. He owns a bulging stock portfolio, part of an FM radio station and a motel. His $30,000 San Fernando Valley home is equipped with a well-stocked library (Aldous Huxley, Thomas Wolfe), stereo cabinet (Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky) and bar. Bachelor Koufax tools around Hollywood in a shiny gold Oldsmobile convertible with an assortment of beauties at his side, picks up extra change by appearing on-stage in nightclubs, and playing bit roles...