Welcome to Uncertain, a five-part podcast miniseries from Scientific American. Here we will dive head first into the possibilities of the unknowing.
Over the next five episodes, I’ll be talking with people like her: explorers who work in the realm of uncertainty. Through them, we’ll discover the ways that uncertainty can spark curiosity and scientific breakthroughs. But we’ll also find out how uncertainty can bite us in the butt and make science really hard.
We’ll see how neglecting uncertainty can lead to overconfidence and how embracing uncertainty can allow for a more nuanced and accurate understanding of the world.
We’ll finish by examining how it’s possible to have confidence in scientific findings, even with their uncertainties.
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Building a Better Microscope: 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Blue Light Special: 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Map in Your Mind: 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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The Juneau Tour: Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 3
Juneau Where I Am: Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 2
Catch Me If You Ketchikan: Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 1
Shakespeare and Science, Part 2
Shakespeare and Science, Part 1
Furious New Science Fiction from Mark Alpert
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