Scientists as not appreciating art...Hmmm
Well Einstein was famously quite an accomplished violinist nice little article on Einstein and music here:
http://www.pha.jhu.ed...ff/einstein&music.pdf
There is quite a lot of evidence for mathematicians being good musicans
Personally I haven't a note in my head but I do frequent art galleries and know a Picasso from a pissarro.
In my personal experience though I think Khandro might have a point not so much with Scientists but with Engineers and technologists - I have found them to be quite art-averse.
As for the "baby atheist" debate - I'd tend to characterise an atheist as someone who understands what they are rejecting the notion of.
I'd say a baby was "not knowing" - an agnostic
We have two sorts of agnostic:
- "Weak" agnosticism where people are if you like undecided
- and Huxley's "Strong" agnosticism which contends it's not possible to know
Perhaps we need a third where someone lacks the cognitive ability to hold a position