the gulf between the scientific and literary communities that I believe is exactly the cause of quite a lot of friction in these thread I've observed.
Migeru and others have attempted to explain the dust-ups on the basis of incompatible personality types and are planning a mass myers brigg test for the community, Frank Schnittger:
I'm thinking of writing a melodrama in 4 acts, with scrambling lieutenants and parts for introverts, Extroverts, Intuiters, sensors, thinkers, Feelers, perceivers, and judges. You guys can do the casting.
I'm wondering if we need to appoint an ET Psychotherapist.... Index of Frank's Diaries
In essence, both sides are talking past each other, but the problem is that they think it's possible to talk to each other, and get angry when they are misunderstood - when in fact, understanding is fundamentally impossible.