True Nature of Science and Skepticism with Professor Peter Vickers
In this interview, Professor Peter Vickers and I talk about the scientific method, its true nature and its place in modern society. We talk about the philosophy of science, how scientific consensus works and how it can be made better. ðĶ Professor Peter Vickers on Twitter:   / petejvickers  ðĶ Support us on Patreon:   / universetoday  00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:10 - Meet Peter Vickers 00:03:35 - Philosophy of Science. What is it and how it's done 00:06:04 - End of Science 00:08:10 - Demarcation between good and bad science 00:16:33 - "I don't know" as a valid answer 00:12:37 - Facts VS Theories 00:31:03 - Scientific consensus 00:40:33 - Skepticism 01:00:38 - Can we make scientific consensus better 01:05:32 - Outro ðïļ OUR DISCORD:   / discord  ð° EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter ð§ PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout:    / @weeklyspacehangout  Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ ðĪģ OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter:   / fcain  Twitter:   / universetoday  Facebook:   / universetoday  Instagram:   / universetoday  ðĐ CONTACT FRASER [email protected] âïļ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) You are free to use my work for any purpose you like, just mention me as the source and link back to this video.
