Irreducible Relativity

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When we discover that it is possible to see tiny objects, we are able to invent at microscope. This guy in Holland apparently goes up to the prince and says, I've got something that you can use to see what the guys on the other side are doing. And they're going to be the ones at where they don't know that you know they are because you've seen them from a distance. But everything we do, in that sense, has a ripple effect. One of the things that mounted on the moon tells you is that Aristotle is wrong. Everything is wrong. So thinking connectively will help us wrangle the anxieties that come from finding our predictions as what we thought they

Legendary science historian James Burke returns to explain his newest project, a Connections app that will allow anyone to "think connectively" about the webs of knowledge available on Wikipedia.

Burke predicted back in 1978 that we’d one day need better tools than just search alone if we were to avoid the pitfalls of siloed information and confirmation bias, and this month he launched a Kickstarter campaign to help create just such a tool - an app that searches connectivity and produces something Google and social media often don’t - surprises, anomalies, unexpected results, and connections, in the same style as his documentary series, books, and other projects.

In the interview, Burke shares his latest insights on change, technology, the future, social media, models of reality, and more.

To support the Kickstarter campaign for the Connections app, here are some links:

• http://jbconnectionsapp.com
• http://knowledgediscoveries.com
• http://kck.st/2eIg21R

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