Carlo Rovelli on the evolution of scientific thought

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A few centuries ago, the idea that the Earth is a sphere floating in space sounded nonsensical. How did modern science evolve into what it is today? Carlo Rovelli explains. See the full interview on our YouTube channel #razor #razor_science #razor_science_show #razorscienceshow  #science #sciencetok #physics #physicstok #darwin #evolution #scientificthought #earth #gravity #razorconversations #carlorovelli #rovelli

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00:00 You come from New Zealand, you know, how could people there live upside down?

00:06 I mean, how can you live like that all the time?

00:09 It's taxing.

00:10 You New Zealand people are very strange.

00:12 The first time we encounter this idea that the Earth is a soul on the floor there

00:19 and there are people all around it facing different directions.

00:23 I mean, it just makes no sense at all. It cannot work.

00:26 We think that the universe up is up for everybody, down is down.

00:29 No, up and down change depending on where you are.

00:32 I mean, we grow up thinking that humans are completely different than the other animals

00:37 and then Darwin comes along and slowly convince all of us that we have common ancestors.

00:41 It's fantastic. It's beautiful.

00:43 I guess what I'm saying is that the reason it's wrong to think that there's a natural, intuitive way of thinking

00:50 and that there's a scientific one.

00:52 It's a continuity.

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