Re:Nobel laureates are 22 times more likely to have hobbies ...
by b215826 on Sunday January 26, 2020 @10:27PM
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> Even one.
From Feynman's 1964 Messenger Lecture (later transcribed into The Character of Physical Law):
> "On the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics. I believe that is probably because we respect the arts more than the sciences."
Feynman was also an amateur artist, and he claims to have sold some of his drawings to a Pasadena strip club in Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!. I too am skeptical of the claim that Nobel laureates are 22-times more likely to be engaged in an artistic hobby, but it is also not unheard of them to have nonacademic pursuits.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21617547
Please, anyone who wishes to make this claim: give me the name of some Nobel laureate who is also a performing "actor, dancer, [or] magician". Even one.