Re:Nobel laureates are 22 times more likely to have hobbies ...
by boulos on Sunday January 26, 2020 @09:46PM
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Hmm. OP, you sort of editorialized a key bit of the source quote:
> Compared to other scientists, Nobel laureates are at least twenty-two times more likely to partake as an amateur actor, dancer, magician, or other type of performer.
> Nationally recognized scientists are much more likely than other scientists to be musicians, sculptors, painters, printmakers, woodworkers, mechanics, electronics tinkerers, glassblowers, poets, or writers, of both fiction and nonfiction.
Nobel Laureates are 22x more likely to be performers of some sort than their peers. Being “just” a nationally recognized scientist is associated with being “much more likely” to have a music/sculpture/art/tinkering pursuit than other scientists.
I don’t think this implies “have hobbies”. But the argument for breadth definitely holds.
> Compared to other scientists, Nobel laureates are at least twenty-two times more likely to partake as an amateur actor, dancer, magician, or other type of performer.
> Nationally recognized scientists are much more likely than other scientists to be musicians, sculptors, painters, printmakers, woodworkers, mechanics, electronics tinkerers, glassblowers, poets, or writers, of both fiction and nonfiction.
Nobel Laureates are 22x more likely to be performers of some sort than their peers. Being “just” a nationally recognized scientist is associated with being “much more likely” to have a music/sculpture/art/tinkering pursuit than other scientists.
I don’t think this implies “have hobbies”. But the argument for breadth definitely holds.