Keep science irrational
23 mins | Jan 3, 2021
Why believing in hard data as the only path to scientific truth may be pure fiction. According to the professor of philosophy at New York University, Michael Strevens, an irrational constraint is the only true motivating force in modern science. In Aeon magazine, he explores why it’s both illogical and unreasonable that only empirical evidence counts in science.
From Aeon