Semper Curious

A community of thoughtful people exploring science, society, and the arts; diverse topics and formats; small-group discussions with university guest scholars.

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@Big_Red0 Interesting. Any theories?

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@fxxfy @zenahitz These shifts in #HigherEducation have cultural roots, suggesting the response should be cultural too. Every time a university earnestly makes the economic case for #LiberalArts, it reinforces the narrative that that's what really matters @fxxfy /1st try typo

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@zenahitz These shifts in #HigherEducation have cultural roots, suggesting the response should be cultural too. Every time a university earnestly makes the economic case for #LiberalArts, it reinforces the narrative that that's what really matters. @ffxfy @TheAnnaGat

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@ret_ward @BjornLomborg Do social, political, and economic research offer a factual basis for effective multidimensional climate strategy? Just repeating the facts is apparently not enough. #ScholarshipAndPolicy @AWFlint @zauriezim @noahqk @hausfath @RARohde

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@AWFlint What should the public know about Economics to have an informed opinion about this & climate? Economics must offer frameworks for analyzing trades: costs, benefits, winners, losers. Ideology aside, where does the non-specialist begin? #ScholarshipAndPolicy @zauriezim @noahqk

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Or you just keep on learning. Also good. #learning https://t.co/A5PERYYahw

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"You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon you learn something no one has learned before"

- Richard Feynman

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@WorldSciFest @bgreene Important topics, even if remote, in a few senses. #arts #science

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@veritasium All good questions, not sure about title. Good launching off point for exploring history of IQ.

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@thenandnowtube Well done, Lewis. #hegel

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@NationalGallery Yet another case of order rodentia's shared history with humans. Thanks for illuminating the backstory of this particular painting. Fascinating. #socialhistory

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@StanfordOnline And a chance to reflect on the range of research perspectives that inform our understanding: economic, social, political, biological, physical, chemical, ethical. #sustainability

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@QuantaMagazine To many nonspecialists math is calculation, because that's where they left off. Thanks for shining a light on the mathematical mindset. Might inspire some "I'm-not-a-math-person" people to take a closer look. #mathematicalproof

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@INETeconomics It's often hard for nonspecialists - even educated nonspecialists - to figure out where scholarship ends and policy, especially ideologically-tinged policy, begins. #economictheory https://t.co/KqVlskDE0U

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@MITOCW @MITMath Highly recommended.

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@longnow Thanks for highlighting Graeber's work.

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@Tom_LSOO Examines how an individual at the edges of human knowledge, power, and risk dealt with his anxiety. Risks remain but has the anxiety been diffused?

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@ForeignAffairs @mbennon @FukuyamaFrancis Things that seem obvious to external observers may seem less so to government planners and strategists. Why is that, and what does it mean for the future?

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@3blue1brown Extraordinary order in the ordinary.

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@fermatslibrary Or you just keep on learning. Also good.

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@SChewPsych Replying to an old post--still true (maybe truer) today. Yes, knowledge beats ignorance, and coming together for knowledge and careful thought creates social bonds. #needforcognition @jagoldma @dr_paul_penn @LaurenNPino @marthazlok https://t.co/Qpk3cXN4eO