690 - What does it mean to "Believe" in Science? Brian Keating

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🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Another episode with my good friend Dr. Brian Keating. This time, we discussed what does it mean to "Believe" in Science? What does it mean politically, religiously, and individually? And Brian actually points that, it could be anti-science if you believe in science! Listen to this episode and find out why! Brian Keating is the Chancellor’s Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. He hosts INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE (https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1), a podcast about science, leadership, and happiness, and is the is author of a bestselling cosmic memoir called “Losing the Nobel Prize“. You can also find his blog at https://briankeating.com/blog.php I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.2	It became kind of a political meme in the past year that everybody should believe in science.
0:22.8	But what does that mean to believe in science?
0:25.4	What does this mean to a scientist?
0:27.0	What does it mean to a politician?
0:28.0	What does it mean to me?
0:29.0	What does it mean for religion?
0:30.6	So Brian Keating, who of course, as you might remember, he almost won the Nobel Prize.
0:36.0	He still might win it.
0:37.0	He's a super physicist at the University of California in San Diego.
0:42.4	And Brian, who is a major scientist, he is skeptical about what it means to believe in science.
0:48.8	He thinks that's anti-science to say you should believe in science.
0:52.4	When he's not saying this politically, he kind of opened my eyes as to what science really
0:57.2	is.
0:58.2	This, among with many other fascinating topics, is part of this podcast you're about to listen
1:04.6	to.
1:05.6	Thank you for listening.
1:10.0	First off, what does politics have to do with astronomy?
1:19.5	Whether you're very liberal or very conservative, why should it have any bearing at all on whether
1:24.0	a scientific paper is published?
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