The difference is, if you don't understand or care about the lambda calculus, the computer scientists who do won't judge you. The practitioners and patrons of t

The difference is, if you don't understand or care about the lambda calculus, the computer scientists who do won't judge you. The practitioners and patrons of the arts who go off on these rarified tangents that require "engaging the field" do judge and dismiss those who don't understand or care for the creations of these practitioners. Thesis: if you did decide to "engage the field" of modern art, it would take about a year (i.e. equivalent of one serious college course of two semesters) plus intermittent reading from a popular journal such as ARTFORUM to stay current.