The mockery of Science and the flight to outer space
Science and its mockery of the human drive for outer limits.
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10, 2017
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09, 2017
The stages of criticism
Is the path of criticism really a path to understanding?
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09, 2017
The sublimity of intuition, in humanity and in the natural world
Our intuitions may have sublime origin, amid our doubts, no matter how grave.
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09, 2017
Coding is the new language requirement (Jean Dimeo, Inside Higher Ed)
Coding is the language required by our modern technological society.
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09, 2017
The habits of learning, for good or ill, in tune with the times
Our habits are part of our education for better and worse.
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08, 2017
In praise of polymaths (David Edmonds, BBC Magazine)
Why the broader knowledge possessed by polymaths is needed today more than ever.
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08, 2017
Literature and science
What literature and science have in common, and how they complement one another.
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08, 2017
Writing by the numbers (Megan Gambino, Smithsonian)
Understanding writing through quantitative analysis.
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08, 2017
Art abides while science passes
Art survives us and revives us in the time of science.
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07, 2017
Finding the words in a sea of literature
Samuel Johnson charts the history of language to create a monumental work.