Aubrey Manning Discussion (3/5) - Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins sits down with Aubrey Manning to discuss Ethology, their time at Oxford, the state of life on Earth, and more. This video is brought to you free ...
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Manning: The teeter-top, yes. And him saying "this top turns upside down when the revs drop to a certain level", and he says "the reason for that is impossible to explain in words, but I can express it mathematically very easily". But you can't explain it in words! Now I think the mathematicians do maybe have a problem there but they ought to try, there's no question. I remember, and probably you remember, too we were always told, when writing up experiments to use the passive voice. Dawkins: Oh my god, yes. That is so pernicious. Manning: Journals all had that, you know, "four rats were taken" Dawkins: Yes, yes, "It was decided..." Manning: "It was decided that..." Without using the first person. I'm not terribly proud o...
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Manning: The teeter-top, yes. And him saying "this top turns upside down when the revs drop to a certain level", and he says "the reason for that is impossible to explain in words, but I can express it mathematically very easily". But you can't explain it in words! Now I think the mathematicians do maybe have a problem there but they ought to try, there's no question. I remember, and probably you remember, too we were always told, when writing up experiments to use the passive voice. Dawkins: Oh my god, yes. That is so pernicious. Manning: Journals all had that, you know, "four rats were taken" Dawkins: Yes, yes, "It was decided..." Manning: "It was decided that..." Without using the first person. I'm not terribly proud o...
