You do not need to be a CS major to appreciate Lisp. I've had a number of fun conversations discussing and demonstrating Scheme with novice and 'rank-and-file

You do not need to be a CS major to appreciate Lisp. I've had a number of fun conversations discussing and demonstrating Scheme with novice and 'rank-and-file Java/C#' types. The ones who find programming languages fun in themselves are the sort of people who light right up when they're introduced to something like Scheme. That's really all it takes is just a bit of passion and curiosity to make the leap. In my experience, professional folks I've spoken to have either never heard of Lisp or have associated it with antiquity. You'd be very surprised who'd appreciate being shown new ways of doing things.