Coming Soon: 'Uncertain' - A New Short Series on the Thrill of Not Knowing

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Scientific American

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Does the word "uncertainty" make you nervous? Does it rule your life? Would you say it kinda describes the state of the world these days? Enter Uncertain, a new limited podcast series from Scientific American. In this series, host Christie Aschwanden will help to demystify uncertainty. She's going to take away its scariness–or, rather, a cast of scientific dreamers that she talked to, will. As you’ll see, uncertainty drives scientific discovery. Throughout scientific history, uncertainty has spurred our collective imagination and our need to know the things we don’t. To be clear, uncertainty makes science very difficult. So in this mini-series we’ll both learn how scientists push through those difficulties; and how they also avoid the bias, logical fallacies, and blindspots that can lurk behind uncertainty. She'll get them to share their own habits of mind and techniques for facing, and embracing, the unknown. And even if you’re not a scientist, UNCERTAIN provides a practical way to think through what we don’t know in our lives—to face that uncertainty, and, hopefully, live better, more informed lives because of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.7	The most important thing is really not to be afraid of not to shrink back, but to realize that uncertainty is part of our lives.
0:51.0	I think the biggest lesson is don't be so sure of yourself.
0:54.5	Just because you're sure does not mean you're right.
0:56.9	This uncertainty is hidden from you.
0:59.3	Uncertainty is not a sign of a problem.
1:05.4	Uncertainty will be a part of virtually every natural system in the universe.
1:15.6	So the idea is we need to disabuse ourselves of certainty even being a goal. Hi, science talk listeners. I'm Christy Ashwondon, and I'm here to let you know that the Science Talk Show, Scientific American's other podcasts, is about to spring back to vibrant life again.
1:30.5	Next week, I'm going to be bringing you Uncertain. It's a weekly, five-part, limited podcast series from Scientific American
1:38.8	that explores the surprisingly thrilling and deep ways that uncertainty shape science. Why uncertainty,
1:46.5	you ask? Does the word itself make you nervous? Does it rule your life? Would you say
1:52.3	it kind of describes the state of the world these days? Well, I'll be helping to demystify
1:57.7	uncertainty. I'm going to take away its scariness. For this podcast, I talked to
2:03.6	a cast of scientific dreamers and superstars who will change the way you think of uncertainty.
2:09.6	As you'll see, uncertainty drives scientific discovery. Throughout scientific history,
2:16.6	uncertainty has spurred our collective imagination
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