Joint Seminar: Pathways out of the valley of description
Maslow, in his pyramid of needs, posited that individuals and societies needed to fulfill basic needs for survival and security before achieving self-actualization, including creativity and a sense of inner meaning. The scientific enterprise is similar. Foundationally, we begin with describing the world around us, an exercise that extends from early astronomy to modern genetics. At the pinnacle of the scientific pyramid might be an understanding of linkages among fields, system behavior, ethics, prediction, and societal relevance. With examples from the ten years of climate science submissions I've handled at Nature - and cartoons by a six-year-old - I consider the types of approaches that favor scientific self-actualization versus continued description.
Date
18.07.2018
Time
13:30 h
Place
- Bundesstr. 53, room 022/023
- Seminar Room 022/023, Ground Floor, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg, Hamburg
Speaker
Michael White, Nature Publishing Group