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How Evidence Sometimes Loses Out to Emotion The AlphaMind Podcast with Brian Keating (#321)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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The Importance of Science

I make the point in the book that scientists are human beings and despite the stereotypes of the contrary I mean you look at Stephen Hawking it's very hard to relate to somebody like him he was such a genius. The word science means derives from the Latin word ciencia which means which means knowledge it doesn't mean wisdom, so I think trying to develop wisdom is part and parcel of understanding when you're wrong and how not to be wrong That's the challenge for scientists I think we all struggle with"

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