Is Science Dying?

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Is science coming to an end? On the one hand, it seems like scientific progress has slowed to a crawl and no big breakthroughs are happening any more. On the other hand, we are left with many unsolved problems in science that I am pretty sure have a solution. In this video I explain why I think that we need to seriously consider the possibility that we live in the final phase of scientific discovery.

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00:00 Intro
00:31 What does it mean that science might end?
03:23 Reasons why science might be ending
04:49 Reasons why science might not be ending
10:04 New Laws of Nature, Waiting To Be Discovered
11:53 So then why worry?
13:09 Why does it matter
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