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The Massively Misleading Michelson–Morley Experiment | Harry Collins

The Massively Misleading Michelson–Morley Experiment | Harry Collins

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This is Episode 3 of Theories of Everything's "Rethinking the Foundations of the Academy: How to improve scientific inquiry?" series featuring Harry Collins.

Harry Collins is a pioneering sociologist of science known for his work on the sociology of scientific knowledge, particularly his studies on the nature of expertise, scientific discovery, and the social dynamics within scientific communities. Harry is a Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University and a Fellow of the British Academy, with numerous published works, including his influential books Gravity’s Kiss and The Golem: What You Should Know about Science.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:11 - How to Improve Science

05:56 - Einstein and Hawkins

11:10 - Discovery of Gravitational Waves

21:03 - The Stages of Discovery

26:57 - The Fractal Model of Society

36:52 - How Society Forms You

45:08 - Moral Truths and Science

55:30 - Outro / Support TOE


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- Rethinking the Foundations playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOYgTu7P4nfjYkv3mkikyBa

- Gravity's Kiss (book) - https://www.amazon.ca/Gravitys-Kiss-Detection-Gravitational-Waves/dp/0262036185

- Professor Harry Collins - https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/collinshm

- Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog (book) - https://www.amazon.ca/Gravitys-Ghost-Big-Dog-Twenty-First-ebook/dp/B00HSOJ9KS

- Expertises (paper) - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0039368107000593

- TOE’s String Theory Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY

- A Brief History of Time (book): https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168

- The Evolution of Physics (book): https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Physics-Albert-Einstein/dp/0671201565/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Y6PG41AKP0VB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hs3RH-krpskq--FQLA49yaEQo7mquj0dVMYsWaYwlJ6S2ahhlLC0fVa7ikYPe5BqvSYx4PH15Fn9pENdUIwDKzLVi5XF4JGC89uYR9jsX6dqpSUief3XMuD_igB_tJ8zi2ZuNGi4-3wvCzUxjIcxjw3Mf3u_1cXX1zI2IysdGDbt6Xmww980j2ShUKsvEbkK_Zm_tODCmdvhhgcL_shBOz5Av-uZtmVKg5RIWxXx0Xg.fEzRTtYSoAriPDuyZiJt2zf1aQeOkiCTWr-cf4z7pO0&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+evolution+of+physics&qid=1725909573&s=books&sprefix=the+evolution+of+physic%2Cstripbooks%2C101&sr=1-1

- Carlo Rovelli on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_fUPbBNmBw

- Harry’s paper with Gary Sanders (on expertise): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0039368107000593?via%3Dihub

- The TEA Set (paper): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/030631277400400203


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The Massively Misleading Michelson–Morley Experiment | Harry Collins

The Massively Misleading Michelson–Morley Experiment | Harry Collins

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