Episode
Physics of Life, Ep 5: How human history shapes scientific inquiry
COMPLEXITY · Mar 27, 2024 · 34 min
In this episode, we examine how the course of human history has shaped our scientific knowledge, why the physics community prioritizes some questions over others, and why progress in complex systems research is especially difficult. Academia continues to operate within set boundaries and students are taught certain concepts as fundamental and to skirt others completely. However, the history of…