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#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science
Lex Fridman Podcast
Aug 27, 2021
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2 hr 58 min
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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:34) - How does science progress? (22:48) - Theory of Everything (34:40) - Consciousness (38:15) - Most Beautiful Moments in Science (46:00) - Isaac Newton (1:12:13) - Competition in Science (1:22:47) - Newton's Career (1:35:58) - Importance of Data (1:42:17) - Alchemy (1:46:31) - Newton and Religion (1:49:44) - Showing Newton the future (1:54:28) - Newton and Einstein
