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In this episode, we join up with historian of science Dr. Michael Shermer to investigate the cross-fertilization between science and free speech.
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- When did scientific freedom make its decisive breakthrough?
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- How did both Islam and Christianity affect science?
- What is the relationship between science and free speech as such?
- Can science be used to suppress free speech?
- How did Benjamin Franklin infuse the Declaration of Independence with Newtonian science?
Dr. Michael Shermer is a Historian of science, Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, founder of Skeptic Society and the Skeptic Magazine and author of Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality & Utopia, Why People Believe Weird Things, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, and The Moral Arc.
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In this episode, we join up with historian of science Dr. Michael Shermer to investigate the cross-fertilization between science and free speech.
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