Praying to Needle
Annals of Scientism
The Limits of Science
WHAT ARE THE LIMITS TO SCIENCE?
Sir Peter Brian Medawar (1915 – 2 October 1987) was a British biologist and writer, who won the Nobel Prize in 1960 for work on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance, now fundamental to tissue and organ transplants. He is regarded as the "father of transplantation”. He is remembered for his wit both in person and in popular writings. Stephen Jay Gould referred to him as "the cleverest man I have ever known”.
What a disappointment this book tuned out to be. After a great start- humble, funny, making small jokes at science culture and showing a wide breadth of knowledge in different areas of culture, especially poetry, and right out of the gate admitting that science has no role in creating a government - he goes all in for fulsome praise of Science, calling it by far man’s highest achievement. The “limits of science” appear to be almost none it turns out, besides “first and last causes”. Medawar ends the book with a ringing defense of his atheism.
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Fluid Theories of Electricity
Fluid Theory of Electricty
Hans G. Schantz, a friend of the podcast (and a scientist) is writing a history of science that is awesome. This is the the most recent installment (on Electricity- it's fascinating) and it includes a great take from writer E. Michael Jones that details the story behind Mary Shelley and the writing of Frankenstein. The first major woke movement after the demise of early gnosticism was the French Revolution. Science played a big role in that blood-bath disaster, as did Freemasonry. (Freemasonry and Scientism are like Beans and Rice. They go together, but the goal is a gnostic revolution of the entire planet, not dinner) Check out Hans great work...click on the image
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzwell
RAY KURZWEIL, "google engineer", mentioned in the podcast, is the world's leading high priest of SCIENTISM, and finally he now seems to be getting some of the mockery that he richly deserves.
Science makes a terrible religion. It has no morality. It's just a tool. I've heard him say he wants to use AI to censor any negative opinions of vaccines (which are humanity's greatest achievement or SOMETHING) What a clown...he believes he or his essence or SOMETHING will be downloaded or SOMETHING into a computer and that he will live forever. SO sad. The tears of a clown when there's no one around.
Tears Of A Clown Have a listen. Treat yourself.
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