Dangers of Superstitious Physics - Dr. Alberto Martinez, UT Austin - DSPod #209

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Alberto Martinez is a professor of History of Science and Math at University of Texas, Austin. He has written books on the persecution of scientific heretics by the Catholic Church, dishonesty in the contemporary media, the ancient roots of mathematical mysticism, the lost stories of Darwin’s discoveries, revised the history Einstein’s formulation of relativity, and a book on the history of negative numbers. We talk to him about the mythologies built up around scientists and their discoveries, superstition in physics, the death rattle of inquiry, and what comes after the institutions fail. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Who is Alberto Martinez? (00:01:30) Self censorship in science (00:06:36) Einstein sees the dangers of activism (00:20:09) Why the physics gods? (00:37:04) Weeding out innovative inquiry (00:50:26) Superstition in physics (01:02:55) Humanities for scientists (01:16:09) Map for territory snares (01:28:50) Traits of successful heretics (01:37:46) Our upcoming book - The Material Atom (01:44:36) Non duality (01:52:21) Puzzels point the way in physics (01:57:07) Nobel anchors (02:02:26) Alberto's books (02:06:23) Building a science scene #HistoryOfScience #Mathematics #ScienceHistory #UniversityOfTexas #ScientificHeretics #CatholicChurch #MediaDishonesty #MathematicalMysticism #DarwinDiscoveries #EinsteinHistory #Relativity #NegativeNumbers #ScientificMythologies #PhysicsSuperstition #Inquiry #AcademicDiscourse #ScienceBooks #HistoricalPerspectives #IntellectualInquiry #AcademicInterview #ScienceHistorian #AcademicInsights #IntellectualPerspectives #AlbertoMartinezInterview #ScientificRevolution #ControversialHistory #MathematicalRoots #DarwinianDiscoveries #RelativityRevisited #HistoricalRevisionism #CriticalThinking #AcademicScholarship #KnowledgeCritique #ScientificInquiry #AcademicAuthor #TruthInScience #MediaEthics #PhilosophyOfScience #HistoryOfIdeas #PostInstitutionalism Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671