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Limits of Science

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  • How Much Can We Know?

    The reach of the scientific method is constrained by the limitations of our tools and the intrinsic impenetrability of some of nature’s deepest questions.

    Nature

    Topics: Knowledge Limits of Science Reality

  • Can Science Explain The Human Mind?

    Science will one day explain visual perception and memory loss. But will it also explain romantic love and morality? Tania Lombrozo considers people’s beliefs about what science can and can’t explain.

    13.7: Cosmos & Culture

    Topics: Limits of Science

  • The Grandeur and Limits of Science

    A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the whole story of the human self.

    On Being

    Topics: Determinism Krista Tippett Limits of Science Reductionism

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