The China Post
Date: September 25, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI–A visiting U.S. scientist on Saturday encouraged young people in Taiwan to ask the right questions and gain knowledge in multiple disciplines to tackle modern-day challenges in the field of sustainable development.

“I think the most important quality to develop is the ability to ask the right questions,” Ashok Gadgil, a professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, told reporters in Taipei.

He said mankind’s problems today can no longer be addressed within a single discipline, unlike a few hundred years ago, when people exploring the ocean may have asked narrow technical questions, such as “how do we find the right longitude?”

Today’s problems require an understanding of various disciplines, including economics, social behavior, science, law and policy, said Gadgil, who is in Taiwan to receive the Tang Prize in sustainable development on behalf of American energy expert Arthur H. Rosenfeld.     [FULL  STORY]