Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:51:19 12/22/05
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On December 22, 2005 at 22:02:25, Michael Yee wrote: >On December 22, 2005 at 20:13:56, Dann Corbit wrote: > >[snip] > >>I have noticed that programmers tend to be interested in music (and many have >>some musical training). I wonder if there is some kind of connection. > >I think there is. Many topics have an underlying similarity because they're >essentially systems of symbols. (Interestingly, child "geniuses" normally occur >in areas like math, music, chess, etc.) There's even a book called "Godel, >Escher, Bach" by Hofstadter that I think touches on some of this, although I >haven't read it yet. > >Another connection I've noticed is between computer science types and the >martial arts. I admit I'm generalizing from a very small sample size, >though--myself, my brother-in-law, and some old college friends :) I used to be a martial arts instructor. Tom Kerrigan has Karate stuff on his web page. Maybe there is something there also.
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