Humanists know the subjects we study are complex. So on the rare occasions when we describe them with numbers at all, we tend to proceed cautiously. Maybe too cautiously. Distant readers have spent a lot of time, for instance, just convincing colleagues that it might be okay to use numbers for exploratory purposes.
But the pace of this conversation is not entirely up to us. Outsiders to our disciplines may rush in where we fear to tread, forcing us to confront questions we haven’t faced squarely.
For instance, can we use numbers to identify historical periods when music or literature changed especially rapidly or slowly? Humanists have often used qualitative methods to make that sort of argument. At least since the nineteenth century, our narratives have described periods of stasis separated by paradigm shifts and revolutionary ruptures. For scientists, this raises an obvious, tempting question: why not actually measure rates…
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A few weeks after Davido and MC Galaxy had a fight at a studio in Lagos, the former friends have reconciled and are back on talking terms. The Sekem crooner attended Davido’s graduation party which held last night at club 57 in Ikoyi. Another photo after the cut.
Aww she’s gorgeous!
The pregnant beauty queen shared a pic of herself at Flavour’s home this morning, playing with one of his dogs, Miley. I wonder how Flavour’s other baby mama, Sandra Okagbue, would be feeling about all this.
First it was Waje, then Toju Foyeh and now Lola Maja? One might be seeing a pattern. The Billionaire baker is at it again. After a successful store opening, Cookie Jar store by Culinary Artist Chef Eros will be hosting another Sunday Showcase. Word is that the award winning make-up artist Lola Maja will be presenting the ‘ Hello Kitty’ with her 2 lovely kids
She will be presenting the Hello Kitty which we heard is a cake made from a giant cupcake with more cupcakes and more cupcakes. Sounds like something to tempt those with a strong resolve.
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