The Knowledge Machine
by Michael Strevens · first published 2020
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"A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science. Captivatingly written, interwoven with tantalizing illustrations and historical vignettes ranging from Newton's alchemy to quantum mechanics to the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Strevens's wholly original investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long, two thousand years after the invention of philosophy and mathematics, for the human race to start using science to learn the secrets of nature? The Knowledge Machine'
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The OP is a review of a recently released book, "The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science," by Michael Strevens, a professor of philosophy at NYU: https://smile.amazon.com/Knowledge-Machine-Irrationality-Cre... Streven proposes a new explanation as…
on “The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science” ↗…this is the podcast episode that made me think "huh, Truth is hard too". https://www.jimruttshow.com/michael-strevens/ "Michael Stevens talks to Jim about some of the ideas & stories in his book, The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science: what the great method debate is & how Popper & Kuhn added to the topic, falsification & scientific progress, the messy history of testing Einstein’s theories,…
on “Brandolini's Law” ↗…century, in the course of the so-called Scientific Revolution, precisely because it stumbled upon the extraordinary motivating power of ‘only empirical evidence counts’ – a story I tell in my book The Knowledge Machine (2020)." It's a book ad.
on “Keep Science Irrational” ↗