Science and democracy

Title:: Science and democracy
Speaker:: Lee Smolin
Description:: Physicist Lee Smolin talks about how the scientific community works: as he puts it, "we fight and argue as hard as we can," but everyone accepts that the next generation of scientists will decide who's right. And, he says, that's how democracy works, too.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 12:08

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