In June, 2014, Rupert took part in a debate with pharmacologist David Nutt, Chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, and philosopher of physics James Ladyman. We think science works because it is true. Yet the theories are different from a century ago and will be different a century hence. Could it be that science is powerful rather than true? Would this lead us to more radical theories or undermine the method that has delivered so many successes?
From iai, The Institute of Art and Ideas Philosophy for our times: cutting edge debates and talks from the world's leading thinkers.
Rupert's Hay Festival Videos
IAI – The Institute of Art and Ideas
- Philosophy and Psychedelics with Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
- Debate with Massimo Pigliucci on Evidence & Skepticism in Science
- Missing Evidence - Can Theories Work Without Evidence?
- Beyond the Machine: Metaphors of the Body
- The Hidden Science of Spirituality
- Cycles of Wonder
- Making Humans
- Unnatural Laws - Are Eternal Laws an Illusion?
- The Limits of Science
- The Eureka Moment
- The Science Delusion
- Emperor's New Genes
- Is Religion Dangerous?
