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Michael Gordin, “Science and Pseudoscience” (Open Agenda, 2021)

Aug 30, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
Psychiatry and Alchemy
02:49 • 3min
3
Amanuel Velakowski - The Poster Boy
05:56 • 4min
4
The Book of Moses - A Psychoanalyst
10:01 • 2min
5
What if There Was a Natural Disaster?
11:40 • 5min
6
The History of a Fringe Doctrine
16:52 • 5min
7
What Makes It Die Away?
22:18 • 5min
8
Physicists Are Dominant
27:02 • 4min
9
Theodos Stobonsky, a Russian Born, Ucranian Born, and He's Also at Columbia
31:21 • 3min
10
The New Galileo Affair
34:23 • 2min
11
Psychoanalysts and the Narrative
35:54 • 6min
12
The Classic Argument of Pseudoscience
41:32 • 6min
13
The Reception of Worlds in Collision
47:10 • 2min
14
Macmillan and the Science Arguments
48:49 • 3min
15
Bringing Science Into the Public Conscience
51:54 • 3min
16
Einstein, a Prickly Personality, and a Real Character.
54:51 • 3min
17
The Problem of the Founder of a Research Foundation
57:53 • 4min
18
Is Everything All the Same if There's No Line of Demarcation?
01:01:54 • 3min
19
Is I Andiena, Absolutely?
01:05:02 • 2min
20
Is It Possible to Falsify a Scientific Statement?
01:07:13 • 2min
21
The Third Problem With Falsification Isn't Consistent
01:09:06 • 4min
22
The Central Dilemma
01:12:40 • 5min
23
What Should We Do Now?
01:17:58 • 4min
24
The Longitude Problem Was Sold With Something Similar
01:22:10 • 2min
25
Is Science Literacy a Good Idea?
01:24:00 • 5min
26
The Anthropic Principle in Physics
01:28:40 • 6min
27
The Rise of the Anthropic Principle
01:34:11 • 3min
28
Are You Paying Attention to History and Sociology of Science?
01:37:31 • 5min
29
The History of Science Can Be Used to Organize Science
01:42:23 • 4min