Rationally Speaking #63 - Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Rationally Speaking Podcast · NYC Skeptics
June 17, 201248m 45s
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Show Notes
Will all knowledge eventually be united? And what does that even mean, anyway? In this episode of Rationally Speaking, Massimo and Julia explore the topic of consilience, or the "unity of knowledge," a concept popularized by biologist and theorizer E. O. Wilson. Along the way they discuss whether all phenomena can be explained in terms of physics, the importance of precise language, and the seductive dangers of the "deepity."