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Interview with Virginia Heffernan on Edge, the dangers of Scientism, & Culture Wars

Decoding the Gurus

CHAPTER

The Science of Science

When i was became a client of john brockman's, i was surprised to see that there were not many chemists or biologists who were like, you know, working on some medical project. And instead they just seemed to be talking about something that i would talk at a about at a coctal party. So i was really surprised how much they nailed this science, the scientist word. But i can say for myself, i am the farthest thing from sientece. I barely stumbled through beeches, coasts and rivers when i was in college. When edge started putting out its question of the year, which i participated in on t on the covert said something like,

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