Why Lex Fridman Is Wrong About Science Saving Us @RahulSam

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I've realised that most of us who admire science have given it a wrong place in our culture. In this video, I discuss what this mistake entails using the podcast of one of my heroes, Lex Fridman—primarily discussing the fact-value distinction in epistemology and the dangers of scientific utopianism, which I find to be totalitarian.

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$Why Lex Fridman Is Wrong About Science Saving Us Ive realised that most of us who admire science have given it a wrong place in our culture. In this video, I discuss what this mistake entails using the podcast of one of my heroes, Lex Fridman—primarily discussing the fact-value distinction in epistemology and the dangers of scientific utopianism, which I find to be totalitarian. 🚀 Join The Mastermind Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-sam... https://medium.com/@trahulsam https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ {Reference Links} Jonathan Pageau vs. Stephen Woodford | Metaphorical Truth: https://youtu.be/CsqVRauiAn4 Smullyan: Planet Without Laughter - Stanford Computer Science: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/smullyan.html {Music Used} Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/2T22q6V {Images & Videos used} https://youtu.be/TRH-6VUURKI https://youtu.be/tVC9F6A2x2g https://youtu.be/Bk1QjSx53uw https://youtu.be/kWedf3mhLwQ https://youtu.be/26EvmcBm22Q https://youtu.be/QcsMeS_u0Ks https://youtu.be/1w7TQ1KqaBY https://youtu.be/6aqGYYBwKbQ https://youtu.be/4hwkhM041ig https://youtu.be/kI1wQswRVaU https://youtu.be/LgVzm_3I-pM https://youtu.be/rJM9dWPxd_E https://youtu.be/xXyENeQwCAQ https://youtu.be/FEdyqC_GbbU If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting REALM: https://www.realmprojectau.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. 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Part 2: https://youtu.be/ay5VioknoJA Part 4: https://youtu.be/9DSbN8dEiCA GitHub repository: https://github.com/TRahulSam1997/Effective-Java-Joshua-Bloch/tree/main/src/main/java/chapter3/item10 Joshua Blochs GitHub repository: https://github.com/jbloch/effective-java-3e-source-code/tree/master/src/effectivejava/chapter3/item10 Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Effective-Java-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0134685997/ Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJ6nqGscKrd2UxeLTY-fIr0dzdMIOHAK {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ https://trahulsam.medium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA {Reference Links} https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/concurrency/immutable.html https://www.baeldung.com/java-immutable-object If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. 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