The Poetry of Science: Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Without further ado, here's Professor Richard Dawkins and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Well, Neil, we're here to talk about the poetry of science. I would say that science is the poetry of reality, and one of the things that I feel a bit humble in your presence, biology being a kind of junior science to physics, I suppose we both have something to learn from each other; but I can't help feeling I've got rather more to learn from you than you've got to learn from me. Maybe we're both a bit naïve about each other's subject, but I think I'm a bit more naïve about yours because there's more to be naïve about. I forget who it was that coined the phrase “physics envy,” and I think this shows itself in lots of fields, perha...
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Without further ado, here's Professor Richard Dawkins and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Well, Neil, we're here to talk about the poetry of science. I would say that science is the poetry of reality, and one of the things that I feel a bit humble in your presence, biology being a kind of junior science to physics, I suppose we both have something to learn from each other; but I can't help feeling I've got rather more to learn from you than you've got to learn from me. Maybe we're both a bit naïve about each other's subject, but I think I'm a bit more naïve about yours because there's more to be naïve about. I forget who it was that coined the phrase “physics envy,” and I think this shows itself in lots of fields, perha...
