Brian Cox
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You come up with some information and a model that kind of works. And you say, well, this is the best version of our knowledge at the time. And then you can try to act on it and you define the model. And that's the process.
You come up with some information and a model that kind of works. And you say, well, this is the best version of our knowledge at the time. And then you can try to act on it and you define the model. And that's the process.
You come up with some information and a model that kind of works. And you say, well, this is the best version of our knowledge at the time. And then you can try to act on it and you define the model. And that's the process.
But that idea of how can we acquire reliable knowledge that we can trust, which might not be right and is very likely not completely right, but it's the best we can do at the time. That's what my definition of science would be. It's nothing more or less than... The best picture we can manage of how nature works at any given moment. It's not a truth. It's not something by its very nature.
But that idea of how can we acquire reliable knowledge that we can trust, which might not be right and is very likely not completely right, but it's the best we can do at the time. That's what my definition of science would be. It's nothing more or less than... The best picture we can manage of how nature works at any given moment. It's not a truth. It's not something by its very nature.
But that idea of how can we acquire reliable knowledge that we can trust, which might not be right and is very likely not completely right, but it's the best we can do at the time. That's what my definition of science would be. It's nothing more or less than... The best picture we can manage of how nature works at any given moment. It's not a truth. It's not something by its very nature.
The way that science works is it will it may be shown to be incorrect or not particularly great a model tomorrow. Yeah, but I would define it as the best we and by we I mean our civilization the best we can do. And so we act on that. I don't see any other way to act as a civilization other than with the best we can do. It's the best we can do.
The way that science works is it will it may be shown to be incorrect or not particularly great a model tomorrow. Yeah, but I would define it as the best we and by we I mean our civilization the best we can do. And so we act on that. I don't see any other way to act as a civilization other than with the best we can do. It's the best we can do.
The way that science works is it will it may be shown to be incorrect or not particularly great a model tomorrow. Yeah, but I would define it as the best we and by we I mean our civilization the best we can do. And so we act on that. I don't see any other way to act as a civilization other than with the best we can do. It's the best we can do.
Oh, the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Oh, the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Oh, the Cuban Missile Crisis?
I don't see shit. I think it's best to assume. Carl Sagan again, wasn't it, when he said, no one's coming to save us from ourselves. Let's just assume that.
I don't see shit. I think it's best to assume. Carl Sagan again, wasn't it, when he said, no one's coming to save us from ourselves. Let's just assume that.
I don't see shit. I think it's best to assume. Carl Sagan again, wasn't it, when he said, no one's coming to save us from ourselves. Let's just assume that.
Whatever they have, they're crossing.
Whatever they have, they're crossing.
Whatever they have, they're crossing.
As I said, I wouldn't be surprised. I'd be relieved. I'd be relieved as well.
As I said, I wouldn't be surprised. I'd be relieved. I'd be relieved as well.