The Two Cultures in the 21st Century

We live in a time when more scientists are being trained than ever before, yet scientists find themselves frustrated by inaccurate media coverage, poor science education, public science illiteracy, a resurgence of anti-evolutionism, and challenges to scientific expertise on issues like climate change. On May 9, 2009, visionaries, scientists, authors, and the media will join together in New York to explore the persistence of the “two cultures” gap—a serious divide between science and the humanities—and how it can be overcome.

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Posted by hector  on  05/05  at  11:00 AM

"scientists find themselves frustrated by inaccurate media coverage, poor science education, public science illiteracy, a resurgence of anti-evolutionism, and challenges to scientific expertise on issues like climate change. "

I do hope that at this conference, the sources of the scientists' frustration are not all pinned on external forces. Perhaps E.O. Wilson will make a plucky move and do some "scientist soul searching" as he has done before, with statements such as: "Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong."

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