Science Denial w/ Mario Livio

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Dr. Mario Livio, astrophysicist and author of the new book "Galileo and the Science Deniers." They talk about the pernicious anti-science sentiment that has persisted from Galileo Galilei's time all the way to the present, including its effect on the planet and on human lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, May 18th, 2020 and I'm
0:19.7	the host of the show Kara Santa Maria. And this week we're going to be chatting with an
0:24.6	author who I've had on the show several times in the past about his newest book.
0:29.0	It's absolutely fascinating, but before we dive into that, I want to thank those of you who continue to support talk nerdy.
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1:21.1	Christopher Pitts Mary Neva Pasqualee Gilati, Ul Rica Hagman,
1:26.0	Dudas Infinitas, Brian Holden, Daniel Lang, and of course David J. E. Smith.
1:31.6	Thank you all so, so very much. All right, so I've had Dr.
1:37.0	Mario Livio on the show before and we were talking about previous books like
1:42.2	brilliant blunders from Darwin to
1:44.4	Einstein colossal mistakes by the by great scientists that changed our
1:48.4	understanding of life and the universe we've also talked about the book that came next.
1:54.1	Why?
1:55.1	What makes us curious?
1:56.1	But this week we're talking about his newest book, Galileo and the science deniers.
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