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On this forum — you may create a new page or start a thread — please post your questions on "The Older-and-Wiser Hypothesis" (by Stephen S. Hall) in Nasar's The Best American Science Writing 2008. For reference, please take a look at the Question Formation assignment.
On this forum — you may create a new page or start a thread — please post your questions on "The Older-and-Wiser Hypothesis" (by Stephen S. Hall) in Nasar's The Best American Science Writing 2008. For reference, please take a look at the Question Formation assignment.
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| Anonymous | Emily Ayotte-Question Formation 4 | 0 | Apr 2 2009, 10:05 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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1. Why is it necessary to quantify something like wisdom? Why is the scientific aspect of things so important to verify the significance of things
2. Does Clayton have a certain kind of biased opinion since she became interested in this topic because of her family, or does that seem to give her an insight that is valuable? (227) 3. How does the topic of wisdom, and quantifying wisdom relate to the Bush administrations concentration on quantifying religious/physical/mental healing from prayer? How large is the political aspect, and what can we do to stay an informed and unswayed public? |
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| doconnor88 | Question Formation #4 - Dan O'Connor | 0 | Apr 2 2009, 8:20 PM EDT by doconnor88 | ||
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1. Do more trying life experiences allow someone to gain more wisdom than someone who has not had a difficult life? (225)
2. The original concepts discovered by the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm were hard to understand because they were so abstract. Would it be possible to describe wisdom quantitatively in terms that are not abstract and difficult to understand? (231) 3. What qualities would a society need in order to be considered wise? Would the same three characteristics that applies to an individual (cognitive, reflective, and affective) also apply to a society? ( 227, 241) |
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| k1james | James - Question formation 4 | 0 | Apr 2 2009, 12:57 PM EDT by k1james | ||
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1) Is there a particular reason that scientists, who tend to have very quantitative minds, are so fascinated by qualitative concepts like wisdom?
2) The greatest struggle for those studying wisdom seems to be the exact definition of the term. As a word, “wisdom” is well-defined (it’s in the dictionary, after all), yet the scientific community cannot seem to agree on an exact meaning – is this really a question for scientists or a linguistic issue? 3) The reading says that most studies into wisdom have focused on Western concepts of wisdom. In Western culture there tends to be a very sharp divide between science and other methods of study that does not necessarily exist in Eastern culture. Would studying Eastern concepts of wisdom with Western methods create a valid hypothesis, or would the basic approach render a conclusion invalid? |
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