Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read
Curiosity is a wonderful quality in a student, Wouter Kersten!
Meaning making is the bailiwick of the humanist. The prophet. The storyteller.
Good stories are told with emotion, because people relate to and remember the story better when it elicits an emotional response.
Here’s what Alan Alda told me about that.
The unstated irony in my article is that “Why?” is the most important thing when communicating science, and yet… it’s not a question that science can answer!
Here’s a keynote I gave for a conference of theater directors that might help demonstrate that I encourage students to make meaning, to question meaning, and to work both as scientists and as humanists.
