Coming Soon: Uncertain, a New Podcast Series on the Joys of Not Knowing
Does the word “uncertainty” make you nervous? Would you say it kinda describes the state of the world these days? Enter Uncertain, a new limited podcast series from Scientific American, that will change the way you think about that word.
Anaissa Ruiz-Tejada/Scientific American
[CLIP: Series Music]
[CLIP: David Krakauer: So we actually enjoy, cognitively, not knowing, and we pay huge sums of money to not know things.]
[CLIP: Helga Nowotny: The most important thing really is not to be afraid of—not to shrink back but to realize that uncertainty is part of our lives.]
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[CLIP: Pascal Wallisch: Well, I think the biggest lesson is: don’t be so sure of yourself. Just because you’re sure does not mean you’re right. This uncertainty is hidden from you.]
[CLIP: C. Brandon Ogbunu: Uncertainty is not a sign of a problem. Uncertainty will be a part of virtually every natural system in the universe. So the idea is: we need to disabuse ourselves of certainty even being a goal.]
Hi Science Talk listeners. I’m Christie Aschwanden, and I’m here to let you know that this podcast feed is about to spring into vibrant life again.
Next week I’m going to be bringing you Uncertain. It’s a weekly, five-part limited podcast series from Scientific American that explores the surprisingly thrilling and deep ways that uncertainty shapes science.
Why uncertainty, you ask? Does the word itself make you nervous? Does it rule your life? Would you say it kinda describes the state of the world these days?
Well, I’ll be helping to demystify uncertainty. I’m gonna take away its scariness–or, rather, a cast of scientific…
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