Monthly Archives: April 2014

Wonder Lab

The Chicago meeting referenced before was actually pretty good. Most of the sessions were interesting, and we went to a design firm for two hours on Friday to be led through some really cool exercises on designing a “Wonder Lab” … Continue reading

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“Important S[tuff]”

Matthew Kreutter, one of my seniors, just told me I should teach a course on “Important Shit” and everyone should take it. LOL It came about because my senior “Philosophy and Literature” course spent the first half of the term … Continue reading

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Adaptive learning

In the best classrooms, learning should be a symbiosis between the students and the teacher(s).  That is how I would describe a “learning community.” Instead of teachers’ mostly presenting material or narrowing the field of inquiry, they should provide the … Continue reading

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Science and moral responsibility

At an AMA yesterday, I was asked whether a scientist should publish his results if he knew the result would be used for evil.  If you have no social conscience, then the answer is “of course.”  For me, the issue … Continue reading

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