is always prepared for disaster. J___ just called and said "have you gotten an email from M____?" and her tone of voice was subtly urgent, concerned. I immediately thought the worst, then J____ realized her mistake and assured me nothing was wrong, she was calling about a web page that was presenting a baffling cognitive challenge.
That was about five minutes ago, and I'm still on heightened alert. The only answer is to listen to my own piano music, which I realized I compose for just such occasions. It's the best nerve balm I know for my inner terrors.
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got me all fired up about connections between neuroscience and morality and art.
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- From 1700s Italy, "dilettante" originally meant "lover of the arts," but became a pejorative when professionalism took hold during the 18th century. A dilettante became a mere lover of art as opposed to one who earned a living from it. Today, the word refers to a poseur, or one pretending to be an artist. synonyms: dabbler, sciolist, dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic Usage Examples “It’s better up here away from the phonies and the dilettantes. Here I can do what I want and no one comes to sneer. You’re not a sneerer, are you?” - Flowers for Algernon ‘There were no scientists in Stuart England,’ we are told, ‘and all the men we have grouped together under that heading were in their varying degrees dilettantes.’ - The Invention of Science Charles wasn’t a dilettante; he was serious about the breeding and created his own new lines of pigeons. - Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith source: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/dilettante
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