“Is Mathematical Beauty Real?” In Search Of Aesthetics In STEM
How Dante And Milton Reinvented Hell
“Computers Can’t Surprise” – Human Creativity Is Unique (So Far)
“Originality, in the arts as in science, enables the human project to move forward. Any discovery that is new and true extends the scope of reality. In this context, art that only pretends to be original won’t get us anywhere very interesting.”
Time Wasn’t Always Represented As A Line
On AI, Loneliness, And What It Means To Feel Seen
“When I asked Peter, an engineer, what he thought humans still had to offer in this work, he said: ‘an audience that matters’. In his view, robots would someday do most everything humans could do – in education, for example, that would include grading papers and answering questions about the material. He still wasn’t sure, […]
On Finding Flow Through The Right Kind Of Repetition
What’s Going On In the Search For Extra-Terrestrial Life?
On Acting As An Ancient And Intrinsic Way To Build Connection
A Doctor Meticulously Narrates The Loss Of Intuition, And Slow Recovery
“The most recognisable change, as my intuition returned, was my attitude toward doubt… As I grew comfortable again living and practising medicine with doubt at my side, I felt the tide of self-consciousness flowing out of me, like a child at play.”
Can Mathematics Reconcile The Two Cultures?
“The clash of cultures between the humanities and the natural sciences is reignited over and over because of two images that portray the interrelationship of mind and nature very differently. To achieve peace between the two cultures, we need to overcome both views. We must recognise that the natural and the mental order of things […]