Speaking of science (Nick Roll, Inside Higher Ed)
The need to speak more about how university science and research contribute to our lives.
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07, 2017
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07, 2017
Mathematical logic and intuition: two ways of understanding
Mathematical logic and intuition may reside in different realms of understanding.
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07, 2017
Coding over languages (Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal)
Coding is a language as universal as English.
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07, 2017
New ethics fund finances discussion and research about artificial intelligence (Deven Coldewey, TechCrunch)
Financing new research into the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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07, 2017
Reading on-line and reading less (Matthew Lynch, The Tech Edvocate)
Reading in print is more satisfying and deepens understanding.
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07, 2017
Will and passivity, and the crisis of knowing ourselves in the technological age
How do we know ourselves when we undermine our wills through technology and other external influences?
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07, 2017
The humanities of engineering (Tracy Chou, Quartz)
Engineering needs the humanities to find its greatest range and meaning.
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06, 2017
Cracking the code through the humanities (Ellen Ullman, Harper’s Magazine)
As code is written by people, the humanities -- the study of the human experience -- are critical for those who design it.
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06, 2017
Do the sciences (or more generally ourselves) need philosophy at the present time?
Philosophy is wanted for the sciences and ourselves.
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06, 2017
Sounding the Anthropocene (Alex Bladsdel, The Guardian)
The Anthropocene as the latest stage of human, and planetary, development.