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How to Think About Science

Nicholas Maxwell-2008-01-01-UCL Discovery (University College London)
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Two great problems of learning confront humanity: learning about the nature of the universe and ourselves as a part of the universe, and learning how to make progress towards a civilized world. We solved the first problem when we created modern science, but we have not yet solved the second problem. This puts us in a situation of unprecedented danger. We urgently need to learn from a solution to the first problem how to go about solving the second. This requires that we bring about a revolution in science, and in academic inquiry more generally, so that the basic aim becomes to help us resolve conflicts and problems of living in more cooperatively rational ways.

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Two great problems of learning confront humanity: learning about the nature of the universe and ourselves as a part of the universe, and learning how to make progress towards a civilized world. We solved the first problem when we created modern science, but we have not yet solved the second problem. This puts us in a situation of unprecedented danger. We urgently need to learn from a solution to the first problem how to go about solving the second. This requires that we bring about a revolution in science, and in academic inquiry more generally, so that the basic aim becomes to help us resolve conflicts and problems of living in more cooperatively rational ways.

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HumanityEpistemologyUniverseSociologyComputer scienceEnvironmental ethicsPolitical sciencePhilosophy

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