The Spirit Of Inquiry

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The force behind scientific progress is the simple act of asking questions. This episode, TED speakers explore how a deeper and more humble style of inquiry may help achieve the next big breakthrough. Guests include educator Michael Stevens, professor and science historian Naomi Oreskes, surgeon Kevin Jones, former college president Liz Coleman, and author Eric Haseltine. (Original broadcast date: February 24, 2017.)

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here.
0:02.1	So have you ever thought about why we believe in science or why we seem to be searching
0:07.8	for deeper meanings or even the fact that one question leads to another?
0:12.6	Well, even though science often gives us the answers, the process of inquiry doesn't,
0:18.0	of course, end there.
0:19.9	Today's show is called The Spirit of Inquiry and it originally aired in February of 2017.
0:27.7	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:33.7	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:36.7	Ted.
0:37.7	Ted, technology.
0:38.7	Entertainment.
0:39.7	Design.
0:40.7	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:41.7	I've never known that.
0:42.7	Delivered at Ted Conferences Around the World.
0:44.7	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:45.7	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:48.7	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:53.5	Those talks, those ideas, adapted for radio.
0:58.3	From NPR.
1:03.3	I'm Guy Ross.
1:05.3	And on the show today, ideas about questions.
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