Scientific Method

Scientific Method

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"Rationalism is the idea that, in order to truly know something, you have to be able to describe it explicitly."
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We tend to trust our intuitions about consciousness because they feel immediate and personal, but feeling convinced is not the same as being right. Annaka Harris explores what happens when […]
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Science writer George Musser on the unsung role of friendship in science’s biggest discoveries.
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Our host Kmele went inside Fermilab, America’s premiere particle accelerator facility, to find out how the smallest particles in the universe can teach us about its biggest mysteries.
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Humanity is a type 0 civilization. Here’s what types 1, 2, and 3 look like, according to physicist Michio Kaku.
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A physicist discusses the boundaries of reality and experimentation.
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Science has opened so many doors to humanity’s understanding of the world. Scientism shuts them. Here’s how to tell the difference.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
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Some scientists see religion as a threat to the scientific method that should be resisted. But faith "is really asking a different set of questions," says Collins.
John Templeton Foundation
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Our world would be impossible without quantum mechanics — but we still don’t have a narrative of how it works.
John Templeton Foundation