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Podcast: The DemystifySci Podcast
Episode: Is Quantum Spookiness the Result of a 300 Year Old Rivalry? - Dr. Helen De Cruz, DSPod #234
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In this episode we are exploring the origins of the metaphysics that underpin the modern approach to a scientific understanding of nature with Dr. Helen De Cruz, who is the Danforth Chair in the Humanities at Saint Louis University. Professor De Cruz' research focuses on philosophy of cognitive science and philosophy of religion, with an eye for historic progressions through ideologies across the ages. In her own words, she is guided by the following question: "We spend what seem on the face of it outlandish amounts of...