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I think there may be a considerable amount of hidden overlap between what a scientific mind entails and that which composes an English mind. I say this because originally I had supposed that a science mind was a mind that was solely based on observation whereas an English mind was based on the use of language, particularly flowery language to convey ideas and based more on describing things rather than observation. However, this is exactly where I found a gigantic flaw in my own idea. If we are to say that English is concerned more with describing and science more with observing, aren’t I technically saying the same thing?

Perhaps then there is a great deal of overlap between a scientific mind and an English mind and the dichotomy between the two is generated through the presentation of the material for each subject rather than through the actual acquisition of this material. For example, do not both disciplines require observation? Whereas one may observe a scientific experiment and record data, one likewise observes a particular object, for example and writes about (in detail) what they see.  Yet, it can still be argued that the objectives for each are completely different. In English, one rights for a particular audience, and while this can be said for in science- for example, to introduce a new finding, for example, the audience that has the opportunity to relate with the piece is often much smaller than the audience that can appreciate an English piece.

These ideas are extremely primitive and not well developed, but I suppose they’re food for thought!