18 October 2019
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A Nobel winner!
Science writer John Horgan explains the "long bet" he just won over string theory and the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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In this video:
- What is scientism, and who is doing it?
- Postmodernism and whether science just tells “stories”
- John criticizes the “ideological fervor” of evolutionary psychology
- The hubris of scientists in the ’80s and ’90s
- Has science reached its fundamental limits in trying to explain consciousness?
- John wins his Nobel Prize “long bet” on string theory
- The various corrupting influences on scientists
- A brief debate on higher purpose
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The philosophy of aspiration
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The Negative Mystical Experience
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How should philosophy professors teach controversial subjects?
Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and David Ottlinger consider.
The traits that make your self yourself
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Can quantum physics solve the free will and mind-body puzzles?
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What comes after postmodernism?
