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12 10, 2018

The meaning of medical humanities (Brandy Shillace, The Polyphony)

By Humanities Watch|2018-10-13T03:50:21-04:00October 12th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, health, Language, Literature, Medicine, News, psychology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Thinking not only about the way medicine views the humanities, but vice-versa.

30 09, 2018

Building Knowledge in the Humanities

By Humanities Watch|2018-10-03T14:27:19-04:00September 30th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Videos|0 Comments

From a talk on the humanities and Renaissance humanism presented at Syracuse University, April 2018

28 09, 2018

AI misconceived (Michael Jordan, Medium)

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-28T12:57:39-04:00September 28th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Both scientists and the general public misunderstand the challenges and opportunities of new technologies.

24 09, 2018

AI and the end of life (Kris Newby, Stanford Medicine)

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-24T15:40:32-04:00September 24th, 2018|Academia, Everything Else, health, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Intelligent use of algorithms can help physicians predict the amount of time left for the gravely ill.

13 09, 2018

Humanities and the environment (Bess Connolly Martell, YaleNews)

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-13T03:04:18-04:00September 13th, 2018|Academia, environment, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, science, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Studying the interrelationship between the humanities and the environmental sciences.

10 09, 2018

Scientific certainties and humanities doubts (John Horgan, Scientific American)

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-10T14:59:15-04:00September 10th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Nature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Striking the balance between certainty and doubt with the help of the humanities.

31 08, 2018

The Dream of the Humanities

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-31T09:04:23-04:00August 31st, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A telling dream about the humanities in our lives.

30 08, 2018

The algorithm problem (Carl Miller, Times Literary Supplement)

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-29T19:58:28-04:00August 30th, 2018|business, Everything Else, History, mathematics, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Can we manage a world tracked by algorithms?

12 08, 2018

Machines with heart (Eryk Salvaggio, nextrends)

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-11T19:43:28-04:00August 12th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Medicine, News, Philosophy, Politics, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How can we develop empathy in the technological age?

8 08, 2018

Kids, don’t read this! (Nicholas Tampio, Aeon)

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-08T10:18:26-04:00August 8th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Nature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Digital learning is partial learning.