the most important part of science is knowing how to question things and knowing when an answer has emerged that represents, sort of, an objective truth about this world. and if you think science is just that one research paper that reports the one result that you either like or don t like, no, that s not how science works. it s notjust a block of facts. it s not a block of facts nor is it any one research paper. if you have a brilliant idea and you test it and it unearths so much of what has been known before, we re going to double check that, the rest of us, did his cross his t s and dot his i s? let us check the power that s driving his experiment, you know, the wall current, let me check how that was conceived and done. and if no one can duplicate your results, it s not a result. but at the time you came
so much of what has been known before, we re going to double check that, the rest of us, did his cross his t s and dot his i s? let me check the power that s driving his experiment, you know, the wall current, let me check how that was conceived and done. and if no one can duplicate your results it s not a result. but at the time you came up with your result the press came up to you and said this is amazing, let s make a headline, this undoes the cherished beliefs of generations of scientists, and so it leaves people thinking that science doesn t really ever settle on what is true or what is not, that it s just the whims of whatever experiment gives you and i think it frees people up for thinking that they can establish their own truths. science then requires open minds and it requires curiosity. and just i wonder whether you feel in your country today there is an absence of open minds.
a satchel of facts that are imparted upon you and then you regurgitate that for an exam. that s an aspect of science, but it s not the most important part of science. the most important part of science is knowing how to question things and knowing when an answer has emerged that represents, sort of, an objective truth about this world. and if you think science is just that one research paper that reports the one result that you either like or don t like, no, that s not how science works. it s notjust a block of facts. it s not a block of facts nor is it any one research paper. if you have a brilliant idea and you test it and it unearths so much of what has been known before, we re going to double check that, the rest of us, did he cross his t s and dot his i s? let me check the power that s driving his experiment, you know, the wall current, let me check how that was
that s an aspect of science, but it s not the most important part of science. the most important part of science is knowing how to question things and knowing when an answer has emerged that represents, sort of, an objective truth about this world. and if you think science is just that one research paper that reports the one result that you either like or don t like, no, that s not how science works. it s notjust a block of facts. it s not a block of facts nor is it any one research paper. if you have a brilliant idea and you test it and it unearths so much of what has been known before, we re going to double check that, the rest of us, did his cross his t s and dot his i s? let me check the power that s driving his experiment, you know, the wall current, let me check how that was conceived and done. and if no one can duplicate your results it s not a result. but at the time you came up
did his cross his t s and dot his i s? let us check the power that s driving his experiment, you know, the wall current, let me check how that was conceived and done. and if no one can duplicate your results it s not a result. but at the time you came up with your result the press came up to you and said this is amazing, let s make a headline, this undoes the cherished beliefs of generations of scientists, and so it leaves people thinking that science doesn t really ever settle on what is true or what is not, that it s just the whims of whatever experiment gives you and i think it frees people up for thinking that they can establish their own truths. science then requires open minds and it requires curiosity. and just i wonder whether you feel in your country today there is an absence of open minds.