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  1. Feb 2021
    1. If the human mind can understand the workings of the world without apparent limitations, what room then for mystery? For spiritual questioning? If the world is written in a mathematical code, what room then for doubt, for free will?

      I have an issue with this presented ideal and I think always will. I've taken philosophy courses before and there's always this point where spirituality mixes with mathematical precision which entails some kind of reaction to further evidence of something of which is still unknown. With mathematics and science I can understand life - yet there has been only speculation about greek mythology not factual evidence and without true evidence I do not understand how such ideals were so widely accepted by mathematicians or even scientists. If it is still nto proven how can we as a people accept it?

    2. The split — and the strife it often generates — is palpable at most universities, and speaks directly to the heart of American schools, in particular, to their liberal arts curriculum and the (wrongly) widespread perception that in a world increasingly more technologically driven, the humanities are an anachronism.

      I feel this personally within my own life. I feel such a distinct stigma that surround majors not necessarily including STEM. It is as although we are still going to school, people look down upon a career path that does not involve math or sciences. Yes, we are evolving as people yet critical thinking and articulation I feel are still very important amongst communication and growth.

    3. So wrote the British physicist and novelist C. P. Snow in his famous "The Two Cultures"

      This is a very interesting take on the matter considering that Snow (assuming) is not living within western culture. With this in mind, I find it very intriguing that an outside is taking this perspective head on and providing an argument as if it's his own - which it is to some extent.The fact that western culture has so much more impact than what we may realize is able to portray how detrimental any change can be , reminiscent of the butterfly effect.