The author in the name in the search bar at the top of the page. Book tv continues now. Television. Im a syndicated columnist. You may have seen me previously on the clubs weektoweek program. Thus im pleased to be here today to discuss John Mcwhorters book, woke racism, inspiring debates for insightful critiques of Critical Race Theory and antiracism. John is a regular columnist for the New York Times, and the author of several books on linguistics and an associate professor at Columbia University. John, welcome to the Commonwealth Club for todays discussion on your new book. If you have any questions for john or me, put them on the you tube chat feature. Theyll be forwarded during the program. John, lets begin. I love the book. It never got boring. And it made me think about the world in a new way. So before i drill down, tell us, why did you write the book, whats it about, and what do people who really really dont like your viewpoint say about it, and how do you respond . The book is
recreation use of marijuana but should marijuana and it derivatives be used for health purposes. a very controversial issue, one in which frequently there is far more heat than light and where we frequently see people who seem to be immune to data. we have experts tonight to talk about this, it will be moderated by doctor david who is chief of palliative care at pennsylvania. i m a psychiatrist and i often think that most people including physicians don t understand what psychiatry is. nobody understands what palliative care if it s a wonderful branch of medicine and needs to be better understood. we launch the book a year ago, this is his second book he is launching here, no we do not have royalties ongy&ñ it, but in two copies of it. dr. david kasser at will come up in a minute, we, we believe all of you are literate, we print biographies in the program, this is not an imac went to sit up for ten minutes and read every paper that people wrote. dr. katz it will come up and
i think up until well, really, up to the year 1600 when we didn t have any particular tools to investigate the natural world, our five senses were the primary means by which we obtained all information about the universe, and not even knowing that our five senses had limits. if it s everything you know you think it s everything the universe is trying to give you, but in fact it s not. and so around 1600 with the invention of the microscope in one direction and then the telescope in the other direction, each invented wind a decade of one another, all of a sudden pieces of the universe become available to us that transcend our senses. the fact that they could look inside of a drop of pond water and see microorganizisms just doing the bag stroke, right? that your eye-brain sensory system could not have detected were not for the microscope, and you can say does that make sense? that you could have entire living creatures inside of a drop of water? well, today we know that becau
and not even knowing their five senses had limits. if it s everything you know you think it s everything the universe but try to give you but in fact, it s not. and so around 160 1600 was inven of the microscope, one direction, and the telescope in the other direction. each event it was a decade of one another. all of a sudden pieces of the universe, available to us that transcend our senses. effectively, look inside a drop of pond water and see microorganisms just like just like doing the backstroke. you re on a brain sentry could not detected were it not for the microscope. you say doesn t make sense that you have entire living creatures inside of a drop of water. today we know that because we learned from childhood but in the day it may docents at all. he had communication with the royal academy, royal society in london, which is what you would normally do when you make a discovery. they thought he was drinking too much. write another letter and then we can continue our
primary meanis theprimary meansl information about the universe not even knowing 160 around 1600 was the invention of the microscope in one direction and a telescope in the other direction. it s like doing the backstroke that your sensory systemed wouldn t detect it were it not for the microscope and you could think if that made sense to have entire living creatures inside a drop of water. it s what you normally do when you make a discovery and they thought he was drinking too much gin. they were in denial which is a natural thing to happen. one eyewitness testimony to confirm if it s real and then we discover quantum physics how it falls completely outside of not only the sentences but our expectations for how anything should work. how can everything be expandinga at all.st host: what is significant about the year 1600? s a guest:. you open up the floodgates when you combine lenses and they made a discovery back and the sky is the limit.n a host: there s guest: there