Our Lives Matter S1E45: The Evolution of Science

10/03/24 • 26 min

Science today depends on the same five steps of observation, self consistency, universality, reproducibility, and debate as it did 500 years ago. But how has the role of science in society changed since then because of other developments? When you say the word science today, what are you talking about? How has that affected scientists? How has the world changed in the 50 years since the environmental crisis was discovered? How are leaders in science today hanging onto obsolete ideas from before the environmental crisis was discovered? ACT I Scene 1 [108 bpm] What does it mean in the...

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Our Lives Matter S1E44: Mental Obstacles within the Environmental Movement

Why are some environmental activists opposed to science? We can use the Web of Human Behavior as a map to follow people’s motivations. Why do people become environmental activists? And how do those motivations lead many activists toward environmental science, but lead others away from it? ACT I Scene 1 [104 bpm] We know about the religious, economic, and political opposition to climate science and environmental activism. But there are a couple others that I’ve encountered in my years of activism, which no one seems to want to talk about much. One is anti-science attitudes among...

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(Here’s the missing Episode 26.) The principles of modern theatre let actors create realistic human behavior onstage consistently. That means all human behavior. The economics of the theatre industry have led the business managers of theatre companies to choose plays that will bring in the most money. That means plays that appeal the most to wealthy old White people, the traditional base of theatre patrons. That means plays that are mostly by White playwrights, about White characters.. That has a number of negative effects on Artists Of Color. It makes it harder for Playwrights Of Color to get their...