Scientific objectivity | Bret Weinstein, Terence Kealey and Tara Shears

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Published on August 31, 2021 4:03:12 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHPC_F-YzH8

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Bret Weinstein, Terence Kealey and Tara Shears discuss scientific morality, trust and neutrality.

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From Mark Zuckerberg pledging $3 billion to cure global disease, to Elon Musk funneling his fortune into projects designed to stop ‘evil AI’, powerful private interests are seeking to influence the direction of scientific progress.

Can science provide an unbiased and independent account of the world, when so much new research is burdened with monetary incentives?
Libertarian biochemist and former advisor to Thatcher Terence Kealey, particle physicist Tara Shears and evolutionary biologist and professor in exile Bret Weinstein debate bias in science. Hilary Lawson hosts.

02:05 Tara Shears: Research itself can be unbiased
05:02 Terence Kealey: Science is rarely objective
07:14 Bret Weinstein: Science can be objective but it can also be deadly

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