Trust Science, Not Scientists with Brian Keating
Livestream today at 1:30pm PDT / 4:30pm EDT
Today at 1:30pm PDT / 4:30pm EDT, I’ll be livestreaming with Brian Keating on YouTube. Paid subscribers can ask a question directed toward Brian in the comments of this post.
Cosmologist Dr. Brian Keating is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego and the Associate Director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. He is the author of "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor" and "Into the Impossible: Thinking Like a Nobel Prize Winner." Keating hosts the "Into the Impossible" podcast.
Excellent guest and interview! Thank you for sharing! There was a lot to think about. The Mentometer is a great idea. I particularly liked the part of the conversation about peer review. https://youtu.be/1VIur9mfS-A?t=1901
Ngram Viewer chart with peer review, consensus, genetics.
1860-2019 https://ibb.co/5sPQJZ5
1960-2019 https://ibb.co/ZdjyY9F
1960-2019 https://ibb.co/6JV1MDz (“evolution” added)
The Inner Life of the Cell Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJyUtbn0O5Y
Topoisomerase 1 and 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYGrElVyHnU
“Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.” Francis Crick, What Mad Pursuit,1988, p 138.