Enlarging The Conversation

The transcript emphasizes the importance of engaging with new scientific disciplines, such as neuroscience and genetics, to explore human identity. It highlights the need for historians to participate in interdisciplinary conversations with scientists to better understand what it means to be human. The dialogue between humanities and sciences is crucial, and there is a call for more collaboration and discussion on these topics.

What is one of the main scientific projects mentioned that challenges traditional views on human identity?

• The Manhattan Project

• The Hubble Space Telescope

• The Large Hadron Collider

• The Human Genome Project

According to the speaker, what is lacking in the current engagement between historians and scientists?

• Engagement with political ideologies

• Discussions on economic theories

• Conversations with neuroscientists and geneticists

• A focus on ancient history

What historical figure is mentioned in relation to the 'two cultures' debate?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• CP Snow

What does the speaker suggest historians have traditionally engaged with?

• Physics and chemistry

• Sociology and anthropology

• Mathematics and statistics

• Engineering and technology

What does the speaker believe historians need to reconsider about humanity?

• That humanity has always been the same

• That humanity is irrelevant to historical study

• That humanity is defined by technology

• That humanity is solely a cultural construct