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C.P. Snow spoke of the two cultures: science on the one hand,
humanities
on the other; never the twain shall meet.
That funds everything in the U.K. from medical research, space exploration, where I work, at CERN in Geneva, particle physics, engineering, even arts and humanities, funded from the science budget, which is that 3.3 billion, that little, tiny yellow blob around the orange blob at the top left of the screen.
How humanity on top of its evolution is just maintenance on board, and therefore not needed by the computer, one of
humanities
tools.
Instead, Telly meets confrontation in Don (Jason Bortz), the embodiment of machismo and a zeitgeist of
humanities
foibles.
A lecture on philosophical views on creationism, the mythos surrounding
humanities
existence, the before and after, that was has been, the what is and the what will be.
For my
humanities
quarter project for school, i chose to do human trafficking.
There is one with a prostitute where a soldier trying to teach her about
humanities
indecency - she's not interested, she just wants the $64 dollars.
To this end, the task force recommends broadening the education of science-focused students to include humanities, social sciences, languages, and communication.
It is time to abandon the “either/or” discourse that pits science against
humanities
– which the British chemist and novelist C.P. Snow identified more than a half-century ago as an obstacle to human progress.
In the measure that scientists, absorbed in their research and fascinated by technology, forget this profound teaching of the humanities, they will continue to fall prey to Bias, their implacable nemesis.
When I was Director of the London School of Economics, I was struck by the fact that in a school offering a wide range of social sciences and humanities, not simply finance and economics, in some years more than 30% of the graduating class took financial jobs.
This does not mean adding existing
humanities
or social sciences courses to a STEM curriculum.
For one thing, while the initial focus on ethics makes sense, similar explorations will be needed in a wide variety of disciplines such as economics, psychology, and many more of the so-called
humanities.
Why are the social sciences so much more at risk of having their budgets cut than the other two great bodies of academic knowledge, the
humanities
and the natural sciences?
Check out the elaborate and informative website ( www.edge.org ) devoted to the promotion of a "third culture" that bridges the
humanities
and the natural sciences.
By contrast, the
humanities
and the natural sciences share a sense of reality that transcends time and place; hence their common interest in a fixed "human nature."
For example, female university students are much more likely to study
humanities
than the so-called “STEM” subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) – key drivers of productivity gains, innovation, and economic growth.
But branches like medicine, humanities, philosophy, economics, and other social sciences, which rely more heavily on openness and imagination, can be manipulated more easily to suit the goals of bureaucrats.
These caveats, however, will no doubt leave the revisionists unmoved, for they are part of the "deconstructionist" movement that has deeply influenced the
humanities
in American and British universities.
The current trend implies deteriorating conditions for their teachers as well, particularly in the social sciences and humanities, as academics face tighter restrictions on scholarly exchanges with the West.
University courses in
humanities
and social sciences are being subjected to implicit or explicit forms of gender censorship.
Worldwide, public-health policy is moving toward more multidisciplinary integration of engineering, medicine, social and management science, and the
humanities.
In the 1990s, Singapore’s policymakers, concerned that their approach to education might be somewhat regimented and overly focused on STEM, began to provide avenues for excellence in the humanities, arts, and sport.
The ERC includes the social sciences and humanities, thereby recognizing their contributions to the evolution of societies.
But the most shocking aspect of the move is that arts and
humanities
departments will be targeted more aggressively than science and engineering, which are supposedly better for business.
The war against the arts and
humanities
is nothing new – though this is the first time that the fight has migrated so directly to Britain.
But the attack on the arts and
humanities
is a giant step in the direction of a pliable, dumbed-down citizenry.
Indeed, the war against the arts and
humanities
in the US coincided with the emergence of an increasingly ignorant and passive population and a government that serves at the pleasure of corporate interests.
Academics in the arts and
humanities
are notoriously bad at defending why their work has value.
What I have proposed is to transform the university into an institution where students continue to concentrate in these three disciplines, but must also complete a rigorous “core curriculum” in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences – including computer science and statistics.
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