Tag: prestige
Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis
French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior.
Against the Tide: When Scientists Stray from Science
Lennox: “Stephen Hawking was a brilliant mathematician and a genius. But he had no idea about philosophy.”
“Fearless”: Princeton Mathematician Sergiu Klainerman on Berlinski’s Human Nature
“The man is fearless in pursuing lines of reasoning that are considered taboo by current standards.”
‘Oumuamua Revisited: Prospect of Intelligent Aliens Puts Materialists in a Pickle
A mysterious oblong object, ‘Oumuamua, was observed a couple of years ago, transiting across the Solar System.
Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia
There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute.