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The Promise of Polymaths

Academia neglects interdisciplinary work that combines insights from multiple areas.

Overcoming Bias · EN

Proposed Closure of the Dianoia Institute at Australian Catholic University

Just a few years ago, Australian Catholic University (ACU) established a new Dianoia Institute of Philosophy. They recruited a number of researchers and made something of a splash, leading to a noticeable leap in ACU’s rankings in philosophy — all the way to second among Catholic universities in the English-speaking world, behind only Notre Dame. […] Related Posts: Full disclosure Summer Institute in Philosophy of Cosmology, Santa Cruz The Cosmologist vs. The Cardinal

Cosmic Variance · EN

Physics is Unravelling, And It Will Get Worse

After mathematics, AI is now coming for physics, writing papers on new particles, dark matter and the fine structure constant. OpenAI claims progress on a major physics problem, but physicists say it doesn’t matter. Maybe the real problem isn’t the AI. Let’s take a look.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN