tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post7537621007248977360..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: The Two CulturesSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55102949283715507372009-01-02T23:16:00.000-05:002009-01-02T23:16:00.000-05:00Hi Bill,“Yes, and no one wants to do that because ...Hi Bill,<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Yes, and no one wants to do that because it means rethinking how our work is organized, from the ground up. We've gone as far as 19th century precedent can take us.”<BR/><BR/>Well as Snow was looking for the development of what he referred as being a “Third Culture” where he envisioned the cross communication of the humanities and Science a third culture had already been Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-31492946042869434222009-01-02T18:08:00.000-05:002009-01-02T18:08:00.000-05:00And yes, I mean with that we need to pay more atte...<I>And yes, I mean with that we need to pay more attention to the sociology of sciences and knowledge management in an applied manner.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, and no one wants to do that because it means rethinking how our work is organized, from the ground up. We've gone as far as 19th century precedent can take us.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19642213053558526242009-01-02T16:51:00.000-05:002009-01-02T16:51:00.000-05:00Hi Bill,I do agree with you. I just wasn't in the ...Hi Bill,<BR/><BR/>I do agree with you. I just wasn't in the mood to write a lengthy commentary on Snow's work. I wasn't very taken by this lecture, it was (as he writes himself in the 'second look') very polemic. I found the argument generally weak and unconvincing though I think that in the UK at that time it might have sounded more convincing.<BR/><BR/>Even though I believe that Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-38337719068473350792009-01-02T16:01:00.000-05:002009-01-02T16:01:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,Just saw the Bloggingheads you did with Pet...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>Just saw the Bloggingheads you did with Peter Woit and thought I drop by and say "hi."<BR/><BR/>I'm trained as a humanist - English Literature, literary theory - and had heard about Snow's book for years before I finally got around to reading it. I'd always heard about it in connection with the need for more communication between the humanities and sciences, even a need for new Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89420057969678103862009-01-01T16:13:00.000-05:002009-01-01T16:13:00.000-05:00Hi Tom, Thanks. I know, I wasn't being serious. Bu...Hi Tom, <BR/><BR/>Thanks. I know, I wasn't being serious. But thanks for the link - I couldn't find it in any obvious way from the University homepage. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-58618435152463545492009-01-01T15:20:00.000-05:002009-01-01T15:20:00.000-05:00Yeah, Stefan Collini exists! He's a professor of ...Yeah, Stefan Collini exists! He's a professor of English at Cambridge: <A HREF="http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/faculty/Collini/Stefan/" REL="nofollow">http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/faculty/Collini/Stefan/</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16581531884273535892008-12-30T20:33:00.000-05:002008-12-30T20:33:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,You said:“Snow bemoans the lacking communic...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/>“Snow bemoans the lacking communication between the humanities and the sciences, and argues that this is an obstacle to the solution (if not a cause) of many problems, most notably the poverty in the developing world. Well, I disagree with him on several points, but then 40 years later things might look different.”<BR/><BR/>Perhaps then you would agree with the latePhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33080477724525766992008-12-30T18:39:00.000-05:002008-12-30T18:39:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,It’s plain with this you've been researchi...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/><BR/>It’s plain with this you've been researching others such as C.P. Snow and your mysterious Stefan Collini, who also held concerns as to how science relates in terms of its role and place in serving to benefit and shape society. Although I’ve heard of Snow and have seen references to him in other things I’ve read, I really can't add much. One thing I have run across was how Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com