We will get to as many as we can and if youre interested in purchasing the knowledge machine its available in most retailers. If youre a longtime follower of Library Programming either in person or online, you know that we lean heavily on the humanity. But tonight we turn our attention to the sciences with heavy dose of humanities. Our guest dr. Stevens, professor in new york his book the knowledge machine. The book begins with a simple question with a not at all simple answer. Why did it take 2,000 years after invention of philosophy and mathematic for humans to start using science to learn the secrets of the universe, the answer as it turns out might also help us better understand why we should have more faith in the Scientific Community. Dr. Stevens thank you very much for joining us. Thanks very much. Great to be here. I will talk a little bit about this book and what im setting out to do. I wrote the book to answer two Big Questions that i had about science. One of those questions
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 77. The nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Cotton mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. The presidin the presiding officer under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates actio actions. The senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cotton mr. President , 20 years ago this week, joe biden and other politicians in both parties gave a gift to the communist party permanent, most favored nation status. Permanent most favored nation status is a trade privilege we grant to most countries who are members of the world trade
Actor lost his leg to the disease. His wife tells us why she believes he will pull through. Saluting captain tom. The skyhigh tribute to a hero of this pandemic as the world war ii veteran celebrates his 100th birthday. Thats a lot of candles. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is going away. Were going to come up with vaccines but this is going away. And when its gone, were going to be doing a lot of things. A new drug is showing positive results for fighting covid19. The data shows that remdesivir has a clearcut significant, positive effect. Diminishing the time to recover. An additional 3. 8 million americans filed for unemployment claims. That brings our sixweek total to over 30 million. Just days after beaches reopened in california, the governor is set to close them. Hospitalizations went up again. Number of deaths, again, went up. Harrison ford now under investigation by the faa. Ford crossed a runway while another plane was about to land. Ncaa board
Is human consciousness cosmically in called preventable and his free will just a manmade construct in a reality based on probability all this more coming up in todays going underground lets not go straight to professor brian greene of Columbia University whose book until the end of time mind matter enough search for meaning in an evolving universe is out brian welcome to going underground we dont have until the end of time obviously to talk about his book but we could talk for ages i know every individual say that they read the elegant universe the fabric of the cause mostly in reality. This may consolidate some of those ideas but it is very different only about why death and should be yeah is the beginning of the book yes im a previous books are really about explaining cutting edge science and bring it out in an accessible language this book is more about trying to take the ideas of cutting edge science and show how they are relevant to our understanding of who we are where we came fr
Neo liberal response to a pandemic let alone gross inequality around the world well basically. We fight on. Difficult to come out on the streets because the nature of this epidemic but i think what the epidemic actually teaches is that the system under which we live is soundly flaw. And it does not alter the world a future that is worth living to boarded at its heart i mean the notion that well is the only do not of nature prove the earth. And then to this day and wealthy people will get their way. By saving their lives so dont brag but what about the rest whats the world so i teach the new learned. Look up until a system which is being enforced now effectively since the eightys and charm since the ninetys of the last century needs to be dismantled all the countries that are seriously attempting to come to grips with this epidemic i mean macro in france was korea who was election is based on making france until near liberal state has now been forced to reverse all that and offering to