[Porsche-O-Phile]

Interesting topic.

I agree with this and it's not just about medicine. In general I think it reflects our society's values. We tend to assign credibility and value to rational, left-brained, "male" things and tend to downplay or devalue emotional, passionate or right-brained things. I don't necessarily think this is a good thing overall and when you think about it (rationally - haha, the irony) it really SHOULD be acceptable to simply say "I'm just getting older and I guess I'll be seeing more of the doctors" or whatever rather than giving a clinical explanation.

Consequence of a patriarchal society perhaps?

It's funny too - in my own profession (design) having any decision or gesture be arbitrary is ABSOLUTELY verboten. Taboo. Surefire way to get shredded on a review or lose a client. If someone asks for an explanation of the colors, forms, materials or whatever used in your scheme, you damn well have a good, sound, logical, rational answer ready or you're up schit creek without a paddle. Just saying "it seemed to work well with the overall composition" or "it compliments the other spaces" is completely insufficient. But the end goal (and the thing you're ultimately evaluated on in the court of public opinion) is whether or not your work is beautiful, elegant and aesthetically pleasing. Qualities which are quite difficult to quantify and describe in the language of logic and rationality.

Think of the buildings that appeal to you the most - why? Is it because they're functionally sound or because they take your breath away with their beauty? For me (and I'd argue for most) it's the latter. So perhaps it's okay to embrace such goals from the point of view of passion and emotion. It still has to work (doesn't do much good if it isn't functional or can't serve its intended purpose - it's just sculpture at that point), so there needs to be a balance, but overwhelmingly the emphasis even on art/beauty/design is the rational, rather than the emotional half of the brain.

I'd argue it's much harder to get the end result when one is only taught to use/develop/value half their mind.