Name: True Nature of Science and Skepticism with Professor Peter Vickers | Videos | Gan Jing World
Uploaded: 2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 1 h 7 min 6 s
Description: 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... | Videos | Gan Jing World

Fraser Cain

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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.

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:10 - Meet Peter Vickers
00:03:35 - Philosophy of Science. What is it and how it's done
00:06:04 - End of Science
00:08:10 - Demarcation between good and bad science
00:16:33 - "I don't know" as a valid answer
00:12:37 - Facts VS Theories
00:31:03 - Scientific consensus 
00:40:33 - Skepticism
01:00:38 - Can we make scientific consensus better
01:05:32 - Outro


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