Intimate Science and Hard Humanities

For Roger F. Malina, the “hard humanities” are the arts and humanities disciplines essential to the cultural transformation necessary within the next two generation. And the intimate science by artists and micro scientist at all levels of society are important components of this, the hard humanities. from Intimate Science and Hard Humanities, Roger F. Malina, Leonardo 2009 42:3, 184-184

All these words are from the editorial note form Leonardo, one of the leading journal for promoting the collaboration of art and science. Throughout the long history of the techne, the doubled word which holds the combined meaning of the art and technology from the ancient Greek word. The adjectives, intimate and hard are the piercing view-point which analyze the current situation of our intellectual boundaries. This doubled trait of today’s technology and art also can be a hint for our next step for better society which escapes from our arrogant and bitter stupidity.
What we see is what we believe. but this does not mean that we believe as they are seen.