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Carlo Rovelli • Anaximander: And the Birth of Science
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Andrea Fanelli
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againstmalaria.comThe confusion between science as a cognitive activity and science as a producer of testable predictions leaves science open to the critique of the dominion of technology.
Carlo Rovelli • Anaximander: And the Birth of Science
In the shooter hypothesis, a good marksman shoots at a target, creating a hole every ten centimeters. Now suppose the surface of the target is inhabited by intelligent, two-dimensional creatures. Their scientists, after observing the universe, discover a great law: “There exists a hole in the universe every ten centimeters.” They have mistaken the
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Regina Casaleggio
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Se Milgram ha ragione nel ritenere che quei suoi minacciosi risultati ci coinvolgono tutti, la domanda diventa spiacevolmente personale: «Che cosa mai può farci fare cose del genere?». Milgram è convinto di avere la risposta. Il fenomeno ha a che fare, secondo lui, con il senso di deferenza verso l’autorità profondamente radicato dentro di noi. Nel
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