EPISODE · Apr 14, 2013 · 2H 8M
Behind the Headlines: 'Settled Science' - How Greed Corrupted the Hard Sciences
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Science means 'knowledge'. A scientist is someone who acquires more knowledge using the scientific method. The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating the world around us, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge, based on empirical and measurable evidence that is subject to specific principles of reasoning. This is all well and good, but what does any of it have to do with 'science' as it's practised today? Today, ignorance is widespread...
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Science means 'knowledge'. A scientist is someone who acquires more knowledge using the scientific method. The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating the world around us, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge, based on empirical and measurable evidence that is subject to specific principles of reasoning. This is all well and good, but what does any of it have to do with 'science' as it's practised today? Today, ignorance is widespread...
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