Does studying science make you a better person?

[LeftishBrit]

71. Good scientists do not reject ambiguity...

And most do not have dogmatic 'one right answer' moral views, at least, no more than other people.

Of course, some do, and there may differences between different branches of science: in my experience, engineers are often more intolerant of ambiguity than people in more abstract areas of science. But the people who in my experience tend to be most dogmatic and intolerant of ambiguity are politicians, certain religious figures, and certain economists.

BTW, one way in which science shows that there is less of a dichotomy than in popular myths: there aren't 'left-brained' and 'right-brained' people. The left hemisphere is particularly specialized for some abilities - mainly language, and the right hemisphere for others - mainly spatial ability and certain perceptual abilities, but there aren't sharply separate right- and left-brained personality types. Sorry to hijack the thread, but this myth, to some extent promoted by management culture, is a bit of a pet peeve of mine.

I entirely agree that scientists are usually less interested in modelling hatred, and in general in controlling others, than many other people. Partly perhaps because scientists, like artists, tend to have pervasive interests outside of money and power, they would choose another career if they wanted power.