Critique of Science and Enlightenment Era Assumptions

The speaker criticizes the limitations of science, highlighting how its conclusions can unintentionally harm people. They suggest that the modern infatuation with science and logic stems from breakthroughs in the early twentieth century and the desire to move away from the unverifiable speculation of philosophy. The speaker also points out that thinkers in the early twentieth century labeled the period since the seventeenth century as the 'metaphysical age,' characterized by the creation of complex metaphysical systems to explain everything, which they view as a delusion.