{"id":134926,"date":"2021-09-01T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/?post_type=ftm_question&#038;p=134926"},"modified":"2021-09-15T18:17:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T23:17:50","slug":"should-we-trust-science","status":"publish","type":"ftm_question","link":"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/questions\/should-we-trust-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we trust science?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <a id=\"featured\" class=\"relative block invisible -top-20 lg:-top-24\" ><\/a>\n    <div \n        class=\"mb-16 flex flex-col container-cover container-padding layout layout-page-section pt-12 pb-12 mt-0 mb-0\" \n                >\n        \n<div class=\"bt-block block-divider pb-4 \">\n    <div class=\"stroke-current text-black-90 dark:text-white-90\">\n                                <hr class=\"border-t-10 border-black-90 dark:border-white-90\">\n                            <div class=\"mt-4 uppercase font-utility-headline-xsmall-alt\">Featured<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"\n        bt-block block-content-package bigthink-flex-row \n                        \"\n            >\n\n        \n<article id=\"post-48426\" class=\"card  card-xlarge card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\" x-data=\"playlist\">\n        <div class=\"relative w-full aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 bg-black\" :class=\"active ? 'text-black-90 dark:text-white-90' : 'text-black-60 dark:text-white-60'\" x-data=\"{ active: true, item_title: 'Why science must embrace imagination, intuition, and evidence', item_excerpt: 'All science begins with a leap of intuition, says Richard Dawkins, but we can only ever find objective truths by knowing when to let evidence take over from emotion.', item_link: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/richard-dawkins-why-science-must-embrace-imagination-intuition-and-evidence\/', item_id: 48426, media_id: 'eggmeEj2', player_div: 'player-48426-3521937255', poster_image: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/embrace.jpg?w=832&#038;h=468&#038;crop=1', video_type: 'ftm_video' }\" x-intersect.once.margin.250px=\"updatePlaylist(false, false)\" >\n                        <div class=\"absolute top-0 z-30 w-full h-0\">\n                <div id=\"player-48426-3521937255\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/richard-dawkins-why-science-must-embrace-imagination-intuition-and-evidence\/\">\n        Why science must embrace imagination, intuition, and evidence    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"\n        card-stack\n            pt-4 border-t border-black-10 dark:border-white-10\n            \">\n        \n<article id=\"post-3212\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-thinker\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/richarddawkins\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=680,672 680w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=375,375 375w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3212-136098.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/richarddawkins\/\">\n        Richard Dawkins    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and the former Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the author of several of modern science&#8217;s[&hellip;]<\/div>\n    <div class=\"card-excerpt\">\n                    <a class=\"block underline hover:no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/richarddawkins\/\">\n                Go to Profile\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-3212 -->\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-nowrap\">\n            <div class=\"pr-1 -mt-1\">&#9656;<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"pr-1 font-emphasis-xsmall whitespace-nowrap\">\n                4 min\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">&mdash;<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">with<\/div>\n            <div class=\"pr-1 truncate font-utility-button whitespace-nowrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/richarddawkins\/\">\n                    Richard Dawkins                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-48426 -->\n\n<div class=\"card card-xlarge card-paragraph lg:max-w-[70%]\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 font-body-large\">\n        <p><b>Richard Dawkins:<\/b>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">There is a kind of whispering campaign\u2014more than a whispering campaign, sometimes a yelling campaign\u2014against the value of objective truth. [\u2026] Science\u2019s belief in objective truth works. Engineering technology based upon the science of objective truth achieves results: it manages to build planes that get off the ground, it manages to send people to the moon and explore Mars with robots, and land robotic vehicles on comets. Science works. Science produces antibiotics, it produces vaccines that work. So anybody who chooses to say, \u201cOh, there\u2019s no such thing as objective truth, it\u2019s all subjective, it\u2019s all socially constructed,\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\"><mark class=\"highlight\">tell that to a doctor<\/mark><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">, tell that to a space scientist.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <a id=\"truth\" class=\"relative block invisible -top-20 lg:-top-24\" ><\/a>\n    <div \n        class=\"mb-16 flex flex-col container-cover container-padding layout layout-page-section pt-12 pb-12 mt-0 mb-0\" \n                >\n        \n<div class=\"bt-block block-divider pb-4 \">\n    <div class=\"stroke-current text-black-90 dark:text-white-90\">\n                                <hr class=\"border-t-10 border-black-90 dark:border-white-90\">\n                            <div class=\"mt-4 uppercase font-utility-headline-xsmall-alt\">Science &amp; Truth<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"\n        bt-block block-content-package bigthink-flex-row \n                        \"\n            >\n\n        \n<article id=\"post-49033\" class=\"card  card-large card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\" x-data=\"playlist\">\n        <div class=\"relative w-full aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 bg-black\" :class=\"active ? 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Truth isn\\'t black and white, so here are three requirements every fact should meet.', item_link: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-present\/katherine-maher-fact-vs-fiction-how-facts-are-made-and-who-decides-whats-true\/', item_id: 49033, media_id: 'pA3F5uG1', player_div: 'player-49033-1735248919', poster_image: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Science-is-not-about-finding-the-truth.jpg?w=480&#038;h=270&#038;crop=1', video_type: 'ftm_video' }\" x-intersect.once.margin.250px=\"updatePlaylist(false, false)\" >\n                        <div class=\"absolute top-0 z-30 w-full h-0\">\n                <div id=\"player-49033-1735248919\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-present\/katherine-maher-fact-vs-fiction-how-facts-are-made-and-who-decides-whats-true\/\">\n        Fact vs. fiction: How facts are made, and who decides what&#8217;s true    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"\n        card-stack\n            pt-4 border-t border-black-10 dark:border-white-10\n            \">\n        \n<article id=\"post-4814\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-thinker\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/katherine-maher\/\">\n        Katherine Maher    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">Katherine Maher is the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, a position she has held since June 2016. Previously she was chief communications officer. In addition to a background in[&hellip;]<\/div>\n    <div class=\"card-excerpt\">\n                    <a class=\"block underline hover:no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/katherine-maher\/\">\n                Go to Profile\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-4814 -->\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-nowrap\">\n            <div class=\"pr-1 -mt-1\">&#9656;<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"pr-1 font-emphasis-xsmall whitespace-nowrap\">\n                7 min\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">&mdash;<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">with<\/div>\n            <div class=\"pr-1 truncate font-utility-button whitespace-nowrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/katherine-maher\/\">\n                    Katherine Maher                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-49033 -->\n\n<div class=\"card card-quote card-large\">\n            <div class=\"card-headline\">\n            <p>&#8220;If Wikipedia had been around a couple hundred years ago&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card-content card-stack !divide-y-0\">\n                    <p>&#8220;&#8230;we probably would have had an article that says that the Sun revolves around the Earth, because that was what we understood to be true. So we&#8217;re not really in the business of truth or facts, we&#8217;re in the business of what is known, and what has been determined through consensus\u2014scientific consensus or otherwise. And I think that that actually provides some clarity on how to understand what information you&#8217;re looking at.&#8221;<\/p>                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-stack card-standard\">\n    \n<article id=\"post-38948\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/science-truth\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"80px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=1100,1100 1100w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-77.jpg?resize=680,672 680w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n    <div class=\"font-emphasis-eyebrow\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/\">\n                13.8            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/science-truth\/\">\n        Thinking thresholds: Is science the only source of truth in the world?    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-38948 -->\n\n<article id=\"post-38669\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/science-what-is-truth\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"80px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=1100,1100 1100w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-28.jpg?resize=680,672 680w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n    <div class=\"font-emphasis-eyebrow\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/\">\n                13.8            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/science-what-is-truth\/\">\n        Does science tell the truth?    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-38669 -->\n\n<article id=\"post-38640\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/kurt-godel-foundations-mathematics-unproven\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"80px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=1100,1100 1100w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-1.jpg?resize=680,672 680w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n    <div class=\"font-emphasis-eyebrow\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/\">\n                Hard Science            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/kurt-godel-foundations-mathematics-unproven\/\">\n        The foundations of mathematics are unproven    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-38640 -->\n\n<article id=\"post-38655\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/thinking\/hardest-question-world-what-truth\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"80px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=1100,1100 1100w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/origin-16.jpg?resize=680,672 680w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n    <div class=\"font-emphasis-eyebrow\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/thinking\/\">\n                Thinking            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/thinking\/hardest-question-world-what-truth\/\">\n        The hardest question ever asked: What is truth?    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-38655 -->\n\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"\n        bt-block block-content-package bigthink-flex-row \n                        \"\n            >\n\n        \n<article id=\"post-40594\" class=\"card  card-large card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\" x-data=\"playlist\">\n        <div class=\"relative w-full aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 bg-black\" :class=\"active ? 'text-black-90 dark:text-white-90' : 'text-black-60 dark:text-white-60'\" x-data=\"{ active: true, item_title: 'Neil deGrasse Tyson: How science literacy can save us from the internet', item_excerpt: 'If you understand when and how to ask questions, you possess an effective inoculation against charlatans.', item_link: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-present\/disinformation\/', item_id: 40594, media_id: 'czxJ0ct2', player_div: 'player-40594-1035923086', poster_image: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/How-science-literacy-can-save-us-from-the-internet.jpg?w=480&#038;h=270&#038;crop=1', video_type: 'ftm_video' }\" x-intersect.once.margin.250px=\"updatePlaylist(false, false)\" >\n                        <div class=\"absolute top-0 z-30 w-full h-0\">\n                <div id=\"player-40594-1035923086\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-present\/disinformation\/\">\n        Neil deGrasse Tyson: How science literacy can save us from the internet    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"\n        card-stack\n            pt-4 border-t border-black-10 dark:border-white-10\n            \">\n        \n<article id=\"post-2832\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-thinker\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/neildegrassetyson\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=680,672 680w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=375,375 375w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2832-136091.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/neildegrassetyson\/\">\n        Neil deGrasse Tyson    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science.[&hellip;]<\/div>\n    <div class=\"card-excerpt\">\n                    <a class=\"block underline hover:no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/neildegrassetyson\/\">\n                Go to Profile\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-2832 -->\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-nowrap\">\n            <div class=\"pr-1 -mt-1\">&#9656;<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"pr-1 font-emphasis-xsmall whitespace-nowrap\">\n                4 min\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">&mdash;<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">with<\/div>\n            <div class=\"pr-1 truncate font-utility-button whitespace-nowrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/neildegrassetyson\/\">\n                    Neil deGrasse Tyson                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-40594 -->\n\n<div class=\"card card-quote card-large\">\n            <div class=\"card-headline\">\n            <p>&#8220;Science is not a satchel of knowledge. It&#8217;s a way of querying nature and a way of querying other people who are making claims about nature.&#8221;<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card-content card-stack !divide-y-0\">\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">&#8220;That&#8217;s where the empowerment comes from. It&#8217;s an inoculation against charlatans. That&#8217;s how you&#8217;re going to know the difference going forward.&#8221;<\/span><br><\/p>                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-stack card-standard\">\n    \n<article id=\"post-46524\" class=\"card  card-standard card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/politics-current-affairs\/why-are-unscientific-and-irrational-beliefs-increasing-among-millennials\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 lg:aspect-w-16 lg:aspect-h-9 block\">\n            <figure>\n                        <picture >\n            <source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\"  width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/origin-148.jpg?resize=80,80\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/origin-148.jpg?resize=320,180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/origin-148.jpg\" height=\"504\" width=\"896\" alt=\"\">        <\/picture>\n                    <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n    <div class=\"font-emphasis-eyebrow\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/politics-current-affairs\/\">\n                Politics &#038; Current Affairs            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/politics-current-affairs\/why-are-unscientific-and-irrational-beliefs-increasing-among-millennials\/\">\n        Why are unscientific beliefs increasing among millennials?    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">We don\u2019t have to stop inquiring or wondering about the far-flung vistas of reality, we just need to do it with some good old-fashioned logic.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-46524 -->\n\n<article id=\"post-38927\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/how-to-teach-science\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"80px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=1100,1100 1100w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/origin-57.jpg?resize=680,672 680w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n    <div class=\"font-emphasis-eyebrow\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/\">\n                13.8            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/13-8\/how-to-teach-science\/\">\n        The way we teach science misses something key: Human context    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-38927 -->\n\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <a id=\"philosophy\" class=\"relative block invisible -top-20 lg:-top-24\" ><\/a>\n    <div \n        class=\"mb-16 flex flex-col container-cover container-padding layout layout-page-section pt-12 pb-12 mt-0 mb-0\" \n                >\n        \n<div class=\"bt-block block-divider pb-4 \">\n    <div class=\"stroke-current text-black-90 dark:text-white-90\">\n                                <hr class=\"border-t-10 border-black-90 dark:border-white-90\">\n                            <div class=\"mt-4 uppercase font-utility-headline-xsmall-alt\">Science &amp; Philosophy<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"\n        bt-block block-content-package bigthink-flex-row \n                        \"\n            >\n\n        \n<article id=\"post-48658\" class=\"card  card-large card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\" x-data=\"playlist\">\n        <div class=\"relative w-full aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 bg-black\" :class=\"active ? 'text-black-90 dark:text-white-90' : 'text-black-60 dark:text-white-60'\" x-data=\"{ active: true, item_title: 'It\u2019s possible to live without philosophy\u2014but it wouldn\u2019t be wise', item_excerpt: 'Can philosophy give you true understanding about life, the universe, and everything? Sometimes it Kant.', item_link: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/thinking\/philip-kitcher-its-possible-to-live-without-philosophy-but-it-wouldnt-be-wise\/', item_id: 48658, media_id: 'joU5myCT', player_div: 'player-48658-2455577657', poster_image: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/The-hardest-question-ever-asked.jpg?w=480&#038;h=270&#038;crop=1', video_type: 'ftm_video' }\" x-intersect.once.margin.250px=\"updatePlaylist(false, false)\" >\n                        <div class=\"absolute top-0 z-30 w-full h-0\">\n                <div id=\"player-48658-2455577657\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/thinking\/philip-kitcher-its-possible-to-live-without-philosophy-but-it-wouldnt-be-wise\/\">\n        It\u2019s possible to live without philosophy\u2014but it wouldn\u2019t be wise    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"\n        card-stack\n            pt-4 border-t border-black-10 dark:border-white-10\n            \">\n        \n<article id=\"post-4838\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-thinker\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/philip-kitcher\/\">\n        Philip Kitcher    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. Previously, he taught at the University of California, San Diego, and before that at the University of Minnesota.[&hellip;]<\/div>\n    <div class=\"card-excerpt\">\n                    <a class=\"block underline hover:no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/philip-kitcher\/\">\n                Go to Profile\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-4838 -->\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-nowrap\">\n            <div class=\"pr-1 -mt-1\">&#9656;<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"pr-1 font-emphasis-xsmall whitespace-nowrap\">\n                4 min\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">&mdash;<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">with<\/div>\n            <div class=\"pr-1 truncate font-utility-button whitespace-nowrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/philip-kitcher\/\">\n                    Philip Kitcher                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-48658 -->\n\n<div class=\"card card-quote card-large\">\n            <div class=\"card-headline\">\n            <p>&#8220;What is philosophy and why do we need it?&#8221;<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card-content card-stack !divide-y-0\">\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">&#8220;Philosophers are in the business of trying to fit all of that together so that we have a picture of where people stand at a particular moment in time and how lives are problematic so that we can be in a position to diagnose ways in which we might go forward.&#8221;<\/span><br><\/p>                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-stack card-standard\">\n    \n<article id=\"post-50459\" class=\"card  card-standard card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/why-are-scientists-philosophers-fighting-again\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 lg:aspect-w-16 lg:aspect-h-9 block\">\n            <figure>\n                        <picture >\n            <source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\"  width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Whats-Behind-A-Science-vs-Philosophy-Fight.jpg?resize=80,80\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Whats-Behind-A-Science-vs-Philosophy-Fight.jpg?resize=320,180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Whats-Behind-A-Science-vs-Philosophy-Fight.jpg\" height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" alt=\"\">        <\/picture>\n                    <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/why-are-scientists-philosophers-fighting-again\/\">\n        What&#8217;s behind a science vs. philosophy fight?    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">An old fight between philosophy and science has flared up again. Fortunately we have Rebecca Newberger Goldstein to help us sort out what&#8217;s going.&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-50459 -->\n\n<article id=\"post-48781\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/surprising-science\/why-we-still-need-metaphysics\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"80px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=20,20 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=40,40 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=80,80 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=256,256 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=335,335 335w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=512,512 512w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=854,854 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=1100,1100 1100w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thinking-thresholds-Is-science-the-only-source-of-truth-in-the-world.jpg?resize=680,672 680w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n    <div class=\"font-emphasis-eyebrow\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/surprising-science\/\">\n                Surprising Science            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/surprising-science\/why-we-still-need-metaphysics\/\">\n        Has science conquered metaphysics, and all of philosophy?    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-48781 -->\n\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <a id=\"science-solves-problems\" class=\"relative block invisible -top-20 lg:-top-24\" ><\/a>\n    <div \n        class=\"mb-16 flex flex-col container-cover container-padding layout layout-page-section pt-12 pb-12 mt-0 mb-0\" \n                >\n        \n<div class=\"bt-block block-divider pb-4 \">\n    <div class=\"stroke-current text-black-90 dark:text-white-90\">\n                                <hr class=\"border-t-10 border-black-90 dark:border-white-90\">\n                            <div class=\"mt-4 uppercase font-utility-headline-xsmall-alt\">Science solves problems<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"\n        bt-block block-content-package bigthink-flex-row \n                        \"\n            >\n\n        \n<article id=\"post-42160\" class=\"card  card-xlarge card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/future-inventions\/\" class=\"aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?w=640&amp;h=360&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 95vw, (max-width: 1536px) 45vw, 677px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=20,12 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=40,23 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=80,45 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=480,270 480w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=420,236 420w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/origin-20.jpg?resize=495,278 495w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/hard-science\/future-inventions\/\">\n        Futuristic inventions and emerging technologies that will change the world    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-42160 -->\n\n<div class=\"card-stack card-standard\">\n    \n<article id=\"post-49959\" class=\"card  card-standard card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-present\/inventions\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 lg:aspect-w-16 lg:aspect-h-9 block\">\n            <figure>\n                        <picture >\n            <source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\"  width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/origin-11.jpg?resize=80,80\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/origin-11.jpg?resize=320,180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/origin-11.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\">        <\/picture>\n                    <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-present\/inventions\/\">\n        Top 20 greatest inventions of all time    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">The most impactful technology inventions in history are ranked.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-49959 -->\n\n<article id=\"post-133553\" class=\"card  card-standard card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-future\/10-emerging-technologies-change-world\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 lg:aspect-w-16 lg:aspect-h-9 block\">\n            <figure>\n                        <picture >\n            <source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\"  width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/origin-83.jpg?resize=80,80\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/origin-83.jpg?resize=320,180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/origin-83.jpg\" height=\"3151\" width=\"4727\" alt=\"\">        <\/picture>\n                    <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-future\/10-emerging-technologies-change-world\/\">\n        10 emerging technologies that will change our world    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">The revolution is already happening.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-133553 -->\n\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <a id=\"science-creates-problems\" class=\"relative block invisible -top-20 lg:-top-24\" ><\/a>\n    <div \n        class=\"mb-16 flex flex-col container-cover container-padding layout layout-page-section pt-12 pb-12 mt-0 mb-0\" \n                >\n        \n<div class=\"bt-block block-divider pb-4 \">\n    <div class=\"stroke-current text-black-90 dark:text-white-90\">\n                                <hr class=\"border-t-10 border-black-90 dark:border-white-90\">\n                            <div class=\"mt-4 uppercase font-utility-headline-xsmall-alt\">Science creates problems<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"\n        bt-block block-content-package bigthink-flex-row \n                        \"\n            >\n\n        \n<div class=\"card card-xlarge card-paragraph lg:max-w-[70%]\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 font-body-large\">\n        <p><b>Eric Schlosser:<\/b>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">There\u2019s a natural kind of instinct to just get into bed, pull the sheets over the head, and not deal with this or dig a bunker and, you know, install high-speed internet, and protect yourself from it. But there\u2019s all kinds of ways that ordinary people can get engaged in this issue, get active on this issue, and make change. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><b>The two greatest dangers<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\"> that we face in this country, existential dangers, are climate change and nuclear weapons. And the thing about climate change is, you know, maybe it can be reversed. Maybe the harms can be, you know, reduced.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">But the detonation of a nuclear weapon is going to be instantaneous and it\u2019s going to be <mark class=\"highlight\">irreversible<\/mark>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">And so that\u2019s something that I think we really need to be focusing on as well as climate change.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<article id=\"post-54715\" class=\"card  card-xlarge card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\" x-data=\"playlist\">\n        <div class=\"relative w-full aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 bg-black\" :class=\"active ? 'text-black-90 dark:text-white-90' : 'text-black-60 dark:text-white-60'\" x-data=\"{ active: true, item_title: 'Nuclear catastrophe: How much risk is acceptable? With Eric Schlosser', item_excerpt: 'Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser describes the terrifyingly close calls we\\'ve had with nuclear weapons, and the odds that a disaster would result in global catastrophe.', item_link: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/eric-schlosser-on-real-nuclear-incidents-youve-never-heard-of\/', item_id: 54715, media_id: 'R0apBGvv', player_div: 'player-54715-2547450039', poster_image: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nuclear.jpg?w=832&#038;h=468&#038;crop=1', video_type: 'ftm_video' }\" x-intersect.once.margin.250px=\"updatePlaylist(false, false)\" >\n                        <div class=\"absolute top-0 z-30 w-full h-0\">\n                <div id=\"player-54715-2547450039\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/eric-schlosser-on-real-nuclear-incidents-youve-never-heard-of\/\">\n        Nuclear catastrophe: How much risk is acceptable? With Eric Schlosser    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"\n        card-stack\n            pt-4 border-t border-black-10 dark:border-white-10\n            \">\n        \n<article id=\"post-4460\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-thinker\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/eric-schlosser\/\">\n        Eric Schlosser    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">Eric Schlosser is an American author known for his investigative journalism. His books include &#8220;Fast Food Nation,&#8221; &#8220;Reefer Madness,&#8221; &#8220;Chew On This,&#8221; and &#8220;Command and Control.&#8221;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"card-excerpt\">\n                    <a class=\"block underline hover:no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/eric-schlosser\/\">\n                Go to Profile\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-4460 -->\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-nowrap\">\n            <div class=\"pr-1 -mt-1\">&#9656;<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"pr-1 font-emphasis-xsmall whitespace-nowrap\">\n                11 min\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">&mdash;<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">with<\/div>\n            <div class=\"pr-1 truncate font-utility-button whitespace-nowrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/eric-schlosser\/\">\n                    Eric Schlosser                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-54715 -->\n\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"bt-block block-divider pb-4 \">\n    <div class=\"stroke-current text-black-90 dark:text-white-90\">\n                                <hr class=\"border-0 border-black-90 dark:border-white-90\">\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"\n        bt-block block-content-package bigthink-flex-row \n                        \"\n            >\n\n        \n<article id=\"post-72405\" class=\"card  card-large card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\" x-data=\"playlist\">\n        <div class=\"relative w-full aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 bg-black\" :class=\"active ? 'text-black-90 dark:text-white-90' : 'text-black-60 dark:text-white-60'\" x-data=\"{ active: true, item_title: 'Will mankind destroy itself?', item_excerpt: 'Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku sees two major trends today. One eventually leads to a multicultural, scientific, tolerant society. The other: to fundamentalism, monoculturalism, and (eventually) ruin.', item_link: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/will-mankind-destroy-itself\/', item_id: 72405, media_id: 'nltkV4Xo', player_div: 'player-72405-3463397297', poster_image: 'https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elon-Musk-Warns-US-Governors-That-AI-Poses-An-Existential-Risk-to-Humanity.jpg?w=480&#038;h=270&#038;crop=1', video_type: 'ftm_video' }\" x-intersect.once.margin.250px=\"updatePlaylist(false, false)\" >\n                        <div class=\"absolute top-0 z-30 w-full h-0\">\n                <div id=\"player-72405-3463397297\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/will-mankind-destroy-itself\/\">\n        Will mankind destroy itself?    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"\n        card-stack\n            pt-4 border-t border-black-10 dark:border-white-10\n            \">\n        \n<article id=\"post-3362\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-thinker\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/michiokaku\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Michio-Kaku-Author-Photo-2023-e1692289630752.jpg?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"An asian man in a suit.\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/michiokaku\/\">\n        Michio Kaku    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-excerpt\">Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York Times[&hellip;]<\/div>\n    <div class=\"card-excerpt\">\n                    <a class=\"block underline hover:no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/michiokaku\/\">\n                Go to Profile\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-3362 -->\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-nowrap\">\n            <div class=\"pr-1 -mt-1\">&#9656;<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"pr-1 font-emphasis-xsmall whitespace-nowrap\">\n                6 min\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">&mdash;<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">with<\/div>\n            <div class=\"pr-1 truncate font-utility-button whitespace-nowrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/michiokaku\/\">\n                    Michio Kaku                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-72405 -->\n\n<div class=\"card card-quote card-large\">\n            <div class=\"card-headline\">\n            <p>Maybe that is the reason why we don\u2019t see aliens in outer space. Maybe they never made it.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card-content card-stack !divide-y-0\">\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Maybe one day when we have starships and visit them we\u2019ll see atmospheres that are irradiated because they had a nuclear war, atmospheres too hot to sustain life because they had a runaway greenhouse effect.  Maybe when we go in outer space we\u2019ll see the corpses of type one civilizations that never quite made it.  Who knows?<\/span><br><\/p>                                            <div class=\"w-full overflow-hidden mt-2 stroke-current text-black-90 dark:text-white-90\">\n                    <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"1201\" height=\"23\" viewBox=\"0 0 1201 23\" fill=\"none\">\n  <path d=\"M0.292969 2.875H72.0156V16.7697L83.2779 2.875H1200.31\" stroke-width=\"4\"><\/path>\n<\/svg>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"card card-thinker card-small-alternate !pt-0\">\n                                                            <figure>\n                                    <picture >\n            <source  width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Michio-Kaku-Author-Photo-2023-e1692289630752.jpg?resize=40,40\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Michio-Kaku-Author-Photo-2023-e1692289630752.jpg\" height=\"2801\" width=\"2801\" alt=\"An asian man in a suit.\">        <\/picture>\n                                <\/figure>\n                                                                        <div class=\"flex flex-col justify-center\">\n                        <div class=\"font-utility-button\">\n                            Michio Kaku                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"font-utility-subtitle-small\">\n                                Professor of Theoretical Physics                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-stack card-standard\">\n    \n<article id=\"post-53269\" class=\"card  card-standard card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/eric-schlosser-we-may-not-be-doomed\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 lg:aspect-w-16 lg:aspect-h-9 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?w=256&amp;h=144&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 80px, (max-width: 1536px) 18vw, 251px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg 1782w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=20,12 20w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=40,23 40w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=80,45 80w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=480,270 480w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=832,468 832w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=1440,810 1440w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=420,236 420w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=495,278 495w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=680,382 680w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=854,480 854w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=375,211 375w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/origin-205.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w\" \/>            <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"card-content\">\n\n<div class=\"card-headline\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/eric-schlosser-we-may-not-be-doomed\/\">\n        The three main goals for preventing nuclear disaster, with Eric Schlosser    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-row flex-nowrap\">\n            <div class=\"pr-1 -mt-1\">&#9656;<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"pr-1 font-emphasis-xsmall whitespace-nowrap\">\n                3 min\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">&mdash;<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pr-1 font-utility-subtitle-small\">with<\/div>\n            <div class=\"pr-1 truncate font-utility-button whitespace-nowrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/people\/eric-schlosser\/\">\n                    Eric Schlosser                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post-53269 -->\n\n<article id=\"post-38850\" class=\"card  card-small-alternate card-narrative\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card-media\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/high-culture\/glitch-in-the-matrix\/\" class=\"aspect-w-1 aspect-h-1 block\">\n            <figure>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/origin-9.png?w=80&amp;h=80&amp;crop=1\" class=\"exclude-lazy\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"80px\" 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