SNR #251: What Is Science?
In this episode Danny discusses the concept of “what is science?” with input from: Andy Galpin, PhD Brad Dieter, PhD John Kiely Trent Stellingwerf, PhD Mike T Nelson, PhD Ciaran O’ Regan In This Episode We Discuss What is science meant to be? What is science pragmatically? “Science doesn’t prove anything it just reduces uncertainty” If you want to know something better, it takes concentrated cognitive effort and thinking. Wrestle with difficult ideas. Don’t just consume What information do you have that you can collect, how does that inform your mental model? And how do you test that model Crucially, how do you disprove that model? Application: explicit vs. tacit knowledge. (Tacit = coach intuition) Adding that knowledge to a larger body of evidence You don’t identified as your views, but as the being that has certain views that are subject to change Far important how you think than what you think