Theoretical physicist and astronomer Marcelo Glesier offers compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible. He discusses his new book, "The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience," which urges us to create a new scientific culture that views ourselves both as an expression of nature and as a source of nature's self-understanding, so that humanity can flourish in the new millennium.

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Marcelo Gleiser is the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy at Dartmouth, the 2019 Templeton Prize laureate, and author of seven widely translated books.

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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - James Webb Space Telescope discoveries
02:22 - Galaxy formation
03:43 - Standard model of cosmology may need revision
08:05 - Crisis in cosmological models
09:24 - Gleiser's research and awards
14:57 - Asymmetry in particle physics
20:06 - Philosophers' limits on knowledge
22:58 - The Big Bang
24:19 - The dawn of a mindful universe and manifesto for humanity's future
26:50 - The blind spot in sciences conceptualization
28:57 - A sensorial connection between experience and knowledge
34:56 - Bifurcation, reductionism, and emergence
37:53 - Discussing the importance of physicalism
45:08 - Two different social constructivist views on science
51:34 - Importance of the observer
53:26 - Interpreting quantum mechanics
57:44 - Function splits universe into parallel universes
01:05:13 - Supernatural creator, multiverse, anthropic principle
01:07:23 - Creation myths and origin of universe