I've posted this before, but a year or so ago I was at a major medical research conference for my field (infectious diseases). I was struck when I realized that

I've posted this before, but a year or so ago I was at a major medical research conference for my field (infectious diseases). I was struck when I realized that in every single plenary talk, given by people at the peak of their careers and having a huge impact on science, there was something that betrayed an underlying liberal arts education.