[Porsche-O-Phile]

I'd throw Leonardo DaVinci into the mix for consideration. Truly a "whole brained" individual. He had excellent understanding of science and scientific method, but was also tremendously gifted as an artist, sculptor and his greatest contributions were in what came out of his IMAGINATION, not necessarily his analysis.

Anyway, "education" as I see it should be more than glorified trade school. There is intrinsic value to the legitimate study of things that there might not necessarily be a huge market (rated in terms of dollars) for. People like Ghandi, John Lennon, Mozart, Mother Teresa, Michalengelo, Bach, Frank Lloyd Wright or Le Corbusier did quite a bit to influence the world - and it wasn't because they buried their heads into equations or hard sciences.

Humans are "luminous beings". We have a rational, pragmatic (or robotic) side AND an irrational, emotional (or unpredicatable) side. It's what makes us who we are and it's ridiculous to try to "cut out" part of what makes us so uniquely human by reducing ourselves to computers.

We own Porsches, don't we? Isn't that kind of. . . well. . . IRRATIONAL?!?! I certainly think so - but it doesn't make me enjoy it any less.

I'd suggest Douglas Hofsteader's excellent book "Godel-Escher-Bach" for some BRILLIANT insights into the connections between art, science, consciousness, intelligence and thought. Then get back to me for an informed (rather than opinionated) discussion.