The Healthy Aesthetic: Get Outta Your Head: There's Something Subjective about Science and There's Something Objective about Art

Critics often argue that everything is "context." They point out that even medicine has historical biases (like using male subjects as the default) or that mathematics has a history. While true, history doesn't negate utility.

Take our number system. We use Arabic numerals globally today—not because of a cultural crusade, but because they work the best. Have you ever tried to do long division with Roman numerals?