314. Martin Rees Can Science Save Us?
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Shermer and Rees discuss: existential threats \\u2022 overpopulation \\u2022 biodiversity loss \\u2022 climate change \\u2022 AI and self-driving cars, robots, and unemployment \\u2022 his bet with Steven Pinker \\u2022 his disagreement with Richard Dawkins \\u2022 how science works as a communal activity \\u2022 scientific creativity \\u2022 science communication \\u2022 science education \\u2022 why there aren\\u2019t more women and people of color in STEM fields \\u2022 verification vs. falsification \\u2022 Bayesian reasoning and scientific progress \\u2022 Model Dependent Realism and the nature of reality Fermi\\u2019s Paradox \\u2022 why he\\u2019s an atheist but wants to be buried in the Presbyterian church in which he was raised \\u2022 mysterian mysteries.
Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal, former President of the Royal Society, Fellow (and former Master) of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He sits as a member of the UK House of Lords. He is the author of many bestselling popular science books, including: On the Future; Just Six Numbers; Before the Beginning; and Our Final Hour. His newest book is If Science is to Save Us.
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