#323 — Science & Survival

Sam Harris speaks with Martin Rees about the importance of
science and scientific institutions. They discuss the
provisionality of science, the paradox of authority, genius,
civilizational risks, pandemic preparedness, artificial
intelligence, nuclear weapons, the far future, the Fermi problem,
the  prospect of a "Great Filter", the multiverse, string
theory, exoplanets, large telescopes, improving scientific
institutions, wealth inequality, atheism, the conflict between
science and religion, moral realism, and other topics.


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