5 + 2 Days of Opening Minds – 2013 (Harry Kroto) - Lecture 3
The fantastic usefulness of science in creating our modern world has obscured the fact that it is intrinsically a cultural concept involving the need for evidence to determine Truth with any degree of reliability. This aspect is responsible for the conflict between many scientists and those who rely on dogma for authority. The ethical issues related to our precarious dependence on technology are also probed.
