Join UCSD’s Patricia Churchland in an insightful discussion with scientist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward O.Wilson, and explore his thoughts on how various fields of inquiry, and especially the humanities and sciences, intersect with each other. Series: “UCSD Guestbook” [5/2002] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 6456]
Duration : 0:29:11
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Well that is just …
Well that is just silly my friend. The two constantly work in tandem and are unmistakably interdependent. That sounds like the jargon of someone who has always succeeded in the sciences and struggled in the humanities. Certainly, without the humanities, the sciences would never have even gotten off the ground, and similarly, we would live in a much less organized and comfortable world without science and experiment.
Baseless …
Baseless speculation, incoherence and sentimentality are some of the key features of the humanities, whereas science might best be characterized as intense critical analysis and experimentation. As far as I can discern, the former is on the path to extinction, and rightly so.
Well… Patricia is …
Well… Patricia is a healty person… She is so present…
I only meant what I …
I only meant what I said and not what you said that I implied. Now that I have finished one of Wilsons books (The Future of Life), I think Wilson is naïve when it comes to human behaviour. For example he says that most people have an innate ability to determine when they are being lied to. I disagree.
Nome Chomsky,
George Orwell, Aldus Huxley, Albert Speer and I think that public opinion is an idiot and that the average citizen has a net negative knowledge.
Hmm…I agree that …
Hmm…I agree that Humanity teachings often misconstrue Science, but do you honestly believe that scientists in all their scramble for monumental discovery have a comprehensive understanding of culture and society. It seems to try to blame one side would be narrow minded
I’m just now …
I’m just now reading one of this guy’s books and I must say he is hugely intelligent.
I agre. Absolutely. …
I agre. Absolutely.
Moreover more science professors or people who works in science are interested in humanities than humanities professors are interested in science.
Where there is a …
Where there is a split between science and the humanities, it is mainly caused by the humanities lack of proper understanding of science. Often the humanities professors missunderstand and missteach science.
That is a criticism …
That is a criticism up with which I will not put.
i’m con-silly-ent
i’m con-silly-ent
You’re mean .
You’re mean .
you’re a joke jk
you’re a joke jk
It was sort of a …
It was sort of a joke.
don’t end a …
don’t end a sentence preposition with.
Ant-man
Ant-man
He’s one of the …
He’s one of the giants that people stand on the shoulders of.
I’ll be damned; the …
I’ll be damned; the interviewer is Patricia Churchland.
I do not know.
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I do not know.
First I have seen it.
Why was this …
Why was this comment spamed?
E.O. Wilson …
E.O. Wilson deserves all our respect.
t is an honor to …
t is an honor to consider Ed Wilson as a personal friend and mentor. He did his post graduate work here on Hurricane Creek in the 50′s. His video message posted on my page is a very strong message of how important people in the trenches are to environmental protection.
We are, according to Dr. Wilson, “The Thin Green Line”
Check out my page at H C Creekkeeper to hear him speak.
Hurricane Creekkkeeper