Carlo Rovelli with Nihal Arthanayake
The Penguin Podcast
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The Origins of Science
The great jump between everything we know rooted before and after is exactly that it starts in Milletus with him and his master Thales. This new way of addressing phenomena natural phenomena without any reference to the gods that's real novelty so in a sense is a is the beginning of a neutralistic approach to explaining nature. We have no indication that for him there was any conflict between this and the religious way of thinking around him.
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