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In this age of utopian technologies, we can design mechanical limbs for amputees and chemically engineer happiness for depressives. But should we? From the fluoride in our water to genetically modified babies, scientific advances pose complex new ethical questions. We ask discuss the major bioethical issues of our time. Is philosophy braced for thi... See more
Emily Jackson • Lse Festival 2019 | Brave New World [Audio]
Science may be the pursuit of truth, but scientific language is adept at dressing up insidious ideologies as fundamental truths.
Elan Ullendorff • A brief history of creativity (and power)
sources, how could we tell truth from error? Or, in a more sinister vein, honest research from manipulation?
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The debate over “is it real or fake” is somewhat ironic, because so much of what we experience as reality even within our own bodies is actually simulation.
Nick Susi • magic, online!
humbuggery)
John Wray • The Lost Time Accidents: A Novel
The discovery cut through the heart of the controversy.
James Gleick • Chaos: Making a New Science
scientific fact and prophetic vision.
Rob Latham • Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings
I’m sympathetic to Horgan’s claim that there’s something rotten in the state of science, I can get on board with the idea that our scientific luminaries are a bunch of asses and buffoons, and I’m even open to the possibility that large swaths of supposed scientific activity have basically become interpretative dance.