Science and the prejudice of the west | Chandrima Ganguly

Chandrima Ganguly challenges our belief in scientific truth and discusses how scientific practice was shaped throughout history. Watch the full talk at iai.tv/video/science-and-the-prejudice-of-the-west… Is science objective? What do we mean by scientific truth? And how much of scientific belief is dependent on the human experiences of the scientist? In this talk, Dr. Chandrima Ganguly discusses some of the socio-political and historic forces have shaped so-called scientific truths, and how acknowledging fallibility and, indeed, our own humanity, will lead us to practice better science. #DeconstructingScience #IsScientificTruthObjective #WhatShapedScience Chandrima Ganguly is Wolfson's Henslow Junior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. They are a cosmologist interested in testing early universe models, and using cosmology to constrain particle physics and theories of gravity. To discover more talks, debates, interviews and academies with the world's leading speakers visit iai.tv/subscribe?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=des… The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics. Subscribe today! For debates and talks: iai.tv/ For articles: iai.tv/articles For courses: iai.tv/iai-academy/courses

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