The Oak Tree (a fable)
What seems useful for the future often determines the present view.
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03, 2018
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03, 2018
Use, value, and science: the spirit of our time
Whether use and value is the only force at work in our lives.
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02, 2018
On the nature and ethical use of AI (Rob High, Mobile Business Insights)
Using AI ethically requires a knowledge of its nature.
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02, 2018
Science, art, and modern history
Whether science offers our history more hope or hopelessness.
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02, 2018
Investing the mind with feelings (John Banville, The Guardian)
Our feelings shape our thoughts of the world and our selves.
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02, 2018
Sourcing Shakespeare in cyberspace (Michael Blanding, NY Times)
Cyber-sleuthing appears to uncover a new source for Shakespeare's plays.
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02, 2018
Reading, knowledge, dreams, and nature: Valentine’s verses on the season
When birds call forth the turning of the seasons.
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02, 2018
Humanities in High School (Grace Huddleston, Rochester Post Bulletin)
What can high-school humanities provide in the age of STEM?
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02, 2018
Geometry and self-understanding
Geometry can help us realize our true measure.
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02, 2018
The humanities and healing (IFL Science)
The humanities help doctors heal others and themselves through a greater sense of wholeness.