42 Arthur I. Miller - How Science Is Revolutionizing Art

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🗓️ 11 July 2014

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On the show this week we welcome Arthur I. Miller—physics Ph.D., science historian, philosopher—and an art aficionado to boot. We talked to Miller about his new book, Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art, in which he makes the case for the existence of a "third culture" that, today, is mashing together art, science, and technology into one big domain. "There are still people who think science is science, and art is art," says Miller. "But that is very far from the situation because it is very, very common and meaningful today for artists to indulge in science and technology in doing their work."This episode also features a short discussion with Joe Hanson, writer and host of the "It's Okay to Be Smart" video series, about the science of Game of Thrones, what blowing on Nintendo cartridges has to do with your cognitive biases, new evidence disproving Bigfoot, the relationship between seeing UFOs and alcohol consumption, why men born in winter are more likely to be left-handed… and more.iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiring-minds/id711675943RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/inquiring-mindsStitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/inquiring-mindsSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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1:17.4	that's the greatcourses.com slash inquiring minds. This week, I interviewed art historian Arthur
1:23.1	I. Miller, who also happens to have a PhD in physics from MIT. He has a new book out. It's called
1:29.3	Colliding Worlds. And he suggests that at the forefront of contemporary art is a new movement
1:35.4	in which artists are using science to influence their work. He's challenging the very idea that
1:41.4	art and science are separable disciplines. Here's a clip from the interview.
1:45.1	Many people still believe that there is only in aesthetics for art. There's no aesthetics for
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