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16 04, 2018

Scientific intuition and funding

By Humanities Watch|2018-04-16T08:31:57-04:00April 16th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, Medicine, Politics, psychology, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

The support for intuitive scientific research is often lacking.

8 04, 2018

Computing the Future (Mark Kaelin, TechRepublic)

By Humanities Watch|2018-04-08T05:59:01-04:00April 8th, 2018|business, News, Philosophy, Politics, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

One technology company runs risk assessments on the ethical use of AI.

21 02, 2018

Science, art, and modern history

By Humanities Watch|2018-02-23T07:56:01-05:00February 21st, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM, Theater, Writing|0 Comments

Whether science offers our history more hope or hopelessness.

30 01, 2018

Science and the superficial life

By Humanities Watch|2023-10-14T18:04:47-04:00January 30th, 2018|Arts, Asia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, psychology, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Can science promote, or impede, the understanding of our higher purpose?

15 01, 2018

On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-15T18:01:48-05:00January 15th, 2018|Africa, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, January, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.

10 01, 2018

The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-10T09:37:52-05:00January 10th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities have little standing in society at large.

2 01, 2018

Science unveils new secrets of Egyptian mummies (Pallab Ghoush, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-01T17:34:45-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Academia, Africa, Europe, History, Language, Museums, News, Politics, science, Technology|1 Comment

New science reveals hidden secrets of ancient Egypt.

20 12, 2017

The poet and civilization: why does a poet write, and why does it matter?

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-19T21:54:25-05:00December 20th, 2017|Everything Else, Italy, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, psychology, Quotes|0 Comments

Poets write not merely for themselves but more importantly for the world and civilization in which they live.

13 12, 2017

Tech and the divided world (Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., CNBC)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-13T11:07:56-05:00December 13th, 2017|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, History, Journalism, Language, News, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How technology creates a house divided in the name of communication.

21 11, 2017

The education of tech and the historical crisis (John Naughton, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2017-11-20T21:56:38-05:00November 21st, 2017|business, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, News, Philosophy, Politics, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

The humanities help compensate for the one-sidedness of technological expertise.