Episode #025 ... A Scientific Method For Your Life!

第 025 集...您生活的科学方法!

Philosophize This‪!‬

社会与文化

2014-06-10

28 分钟
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On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Francis Bacon, a 16th century English philosopher. We first discuss what it meant to pursue knowledge during the time Francis Bacon lived and why he thought that scientific advancement should be society’s chief priority. Next, we examine Bacon’s “Four Idols of the Mind,” which were the biases he believed prevented humans from thinking scientifically. We touch on everything from germ theory to diet fads to healthcare reform to gender inequality, with some Flamin’ Hot Cheetos thrown in for good measure. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow
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  • So have you guys ever been to one of those really bizarre, dark places on the internet?

  • Like, let's say you're watching a video,

  • and then you click on a related video and you keep clicking on the next related video and the next one.

  • Smash cut to use six hours later and you're just watching Nyan Cat on a four-hour loop.

  • Well, deep inside the bowels of the internet, in one of these really weird places, there's a war being fought.

  • It's the YouTube video and comment war between fundamentalist Christians and science.

  • Really, the best way to describe it is a war zone.

  • I mean, seriously, you guys should see some of these comments.

  • There's some of the destructive, hateful things I've ever seen in my life.

  • Each one of these YouTube videos is its own unique, crazy battlefield.

  • Now, this battlefield is obviously an extreme caricature of what actually exists in reality,

  • but you have to acknowledge

  • that the dynamic that exists in an extreme form on these YouTube videos isn't completely unfounded.

  • You wouldn't say that there's a war between science and religion today,

  • but you definitely have to acknowledge that the two don't agree on many things.