Does Capitalism Lead to Scientific Innovation? (w/ Vlasta Sikimić) @RahulSam

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Dr. Vlasta Sikimić is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science and a member of the Philosophy and Ethics group at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research focus is on the Social Epistemology of Science, Metascience, Philosophy of AI & ML in Science and Philosophy of AI in Education. In this episode, we discuss the relationship between science and capitalism.

You can find more of Dr Sikimić's work at vlastasikimic.com and https://x.com/VlastaSikimic

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$Does Capitalism Lead to Scientific Innovation? (w/ Vlasta Sikimić) Dr. Vlasta Sikimić is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science and a member of the Philosophy and Ethics group at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research focus is on the Social Epistemology of Science, Metascience, Philosophy of AI & ML in Science and Philosophy of AI in Education. In this episode, we discuss the relationship between science and capitalism. You can find more of Dr Sikimićs work at https://vlastasikimic.com/ and https://x.com/VlastaSikimic Previous episodes: https://youtu.be/70g559tguHs?si=PUFat5vR0DiLenUz https://youtu.be/ynyTb4M6nF0?si=Y9PJ8rSB4_lGes5r RSam Podcast #52 Please consider financially supporting my work (ONLY if you have the means). 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