Forum Overview :: Laurence Fishburne's Dance Dance Revolution :: Decrying romance... only to reembrace it in the very next paragraph

[quote name="Mysterio"]I have several former and practicing scientists in my family and circle of acquaintances. In what may be a twist for Mischief Maker, they are actually mortals. They are all narcissistic perfectionists who, at least at the beginning of their careers, chose the ego boost of intellectual prestige over fists full of money. That isn't to say that they don't prize wealth and comfort. They are selectively moral and aggressively advance principles that support their opportunity to engage in (patent-protected, publicly funded, privately rewarded) research, and are happily numb to externalities generated by their firms/departments, especially when it comes to job security or compensation. They are deeply (office) political and love to talk about their peers' feuds at family gatherings. They are also tasteless and if they have any passion for the sublime, they have never revealed it in conversations or choice of vacation destination (all inclusive caribbean resorts, disney, etc). [/quote]