Look up the Explore-Exploit paradox. Its much more about the personality types in the population than it is about outdated labels such as scientist or artist.

Look up the Explore-Exploit paradox. Its much more about the personality types in the population than it is about outdated labels such as scientist or artist. There are scientists who behave like artists and artists who behave like scientists, which makes the labels themselves useless. Much more useful to look at, are the personality traits of people in a group. And to ask the deeper question of why that specific spectrum exists.