Our Lives Matter S1E45:  The Evolution of Science

Episode 45 October 03, 2024 00:26:01
Our Lives Matter S1E45:  The Evolution of Science
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Our Lives Matter S1E45:  The Evolution of Science

Oct 03 2024 | 00:26:01

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Show Notes

Science today depends on the same five steps of observation, self consistency, universality, reproducibility, and debate as it did 500 years ago.  But how has the role of science in society changed since then because of other developments?  When you say the word science today, what are you talking about?   How has that affected scientists?  How has the world changed in the 50 years since the environmental crisis was discovered?  How are leaders in science today hanging onto obsolete ideas from before the environmental crisis was discovered? ACT I Scene 1 [108 bpm] What does it mean in the…

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