[Interview] True Nature of Science and Skepticism with Professor Peter Vickers

In this interview, Professor Peter Vickers and I talk about the scientific method, its true nature and its place in modern society. We talk about the philosophy of science, how scientific consensus works and how it can be made better.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00:00 - Intro00:01:10 - Meet Peter Vickers00:03:35 - Philosophy of Science. What is it and how it's done00:06:04 - End of Science00:08:10 - Demarcation between good and bad science00:16:33 - "I don't know" as a valid answer00:12:37 - Facts VS Theories00:31:03 - Scientific consensus 00:40:33 - Skepticism01:00:38 - Can we make scientific consensus better01:05:32 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/EdwiNnWIuKo📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast