The struggle over medical humanities (M.E. Kollmer Horton, Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine)
Can the humanities find a home in medical training?
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02, 2019
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05, 2017
Lassoing algorithms (Megan Rose Dickey, TechCrunch)
Do algorithms enforce our biases, or do they challenge our preconceptions?
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02, 2016
Henry VIII’s football malady
Henry VIII may have been knocked in the head, according to an expert in cognitive neurology.
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11, 2015
On Welding and Philosophy
Debating the fusion of politics, philosophy, and manufacturing
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11, 2015
STEM talks
Grundlos: Watch out, you almost ran me over! Where are you rushing off to? Magnus: I'm off to give a talk and I'm in a hurry. Grundlos: What is the talk about? You're not very dressed up. Magnus: Look, that's not necessary. It's about the meaning of STEM. Grundlos: What is STEM? Magnus: Don't you [...]
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11, 2015
The Humanities must unite or die
Humanities folks need to hang together or ....
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08, 2015
Losing Greece
Losing Greece: its meaning for Europe, past and future. Overheard in a train station at the height of the Greek financial crisis, between two men of business. One, in middle age, is wearing a light-grey suit. The other, somewhat younger, is dressed in a blue coat and red bow-tie. They speak in German over their [...]