TED Talks

Naomi Oreskes: Why we should trust scientists (2014x126)

Date de diffusion: Jun 25, 2014

Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists — but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belief and draws out three problems with common attitudes toward scientific inquiry — and gives her own reasoning for why we ought to trust science.