Can scientific progress cast away prejudice? | Rupert Sheldrake, Peter Atkins, Angela Saini...
78Steve Fuller, Rupert Sheldrake, Peter Atkins and Angela Saini discuss the place of prejudice in mainstream scientific progress.
00:00 Intro
00:07 Peter Atkins | Science is neutral
01:17 Steve Fuller |
03:12 Peter Atkins | In pursuit of objective truth
04:36 Rupert Sheldrake | Obstacles to progress
05:30 Peter Atkins | Prejudice in science
06:15 Angela Saini | Science needs humility
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From Newton to Darwin, Curie to Einstein, science has been built on empirical observation. Now the very idea of neutral observation is under threat. In a postmodern world it is claimed all observation is perspectival, everything we see influenced by what we already think. The founder of quantum mechanics, Heisenberg went further arguing that observing reality was not even possible.
Are we at sea in a world of competing models? Or is it time to reassert the value of empirical observation, supported perhaps by machine learning and big data, as a means of choosing between incompatible theories?
Steve Fuller is an academic studying science and technology. Fuller has published prolifically on such topics as intelligent design, the sociology of academia, and transhumanism.
Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster. She regularly presents science programmes for the BBC, and her writing has appeared in publications ranging from New Scientist, Wired and the Guardian.
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and bestselling author. Best known for his 2012 book 'The Science Delusion' and the controversial, viral TED talk he gave which was banned by the organisation.
Peter Atkins is a chemist and Fellow of Lincoln College. He’s a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK, Atkins is outspoken in his opposition to religion.
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