#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science

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<p>Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br /> &#8211; <b>GiveWell</b>: <a href="https://www.givewell.org/">https://www.givewell.org/</a> and use code LEX to get donation matched up to $1k<br /> &#8211; <b>Theragun</b>: <a href="https://therabody.com/lex">https://therabody.com/lex</a> to get 30 day trial<br /> &#8211; <b>LMNT</b>: <a href="https://drinkLMNT.com/lex">https://drinkLMNT.com/lex</a> to get free sample pack<br /> &#8211; <b>Fundrise</b>: <a href="https://fundrise.com/lex">https://fundrise.com/lex</a><br /> &#8211; <b>BetterHelp</b>: <a href="https://betterhelp.com/lex">https://betterhelp.com/lex</a> to get 10% off</p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Jed&#8217;s Caltech page: <a href="https://bit.ly/38eLLRF">https://bit.ly/38eLLRF</a><br /> Jed&#8217;s Books: <a href="https://amzn.to/2WoxGPi">https://amzn.to/2WoxGPi</a></p> <p><b>PODCAST INFO:</b><br /> Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a><br /> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a></p> <p><b>SUPPORT &#38; CONNECT:</b><br /> &#8211; Check out the sponsors above, it&#8217;s the best way to support this podcast<br /> &#8211; Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (06:34) &#8211; How does science progress?<br /> (22:48) &#8211; Theory of Everything<br /> (34:40) &#8211; Consciousness<br /> (38:15) &#8211; Most Beautiful Moments in Science<br /> (46:00) &#8211; Isaac Newton<br /> (1:12:13) &#8211; Competition in Science<br /> (1:22:47) &#8211; Newton&#8217;s Career<br /> (1:35:58) &#8211; Importance of Data<br /> (1:42:17) &#8211; Alchemy<br /> (1:46:31) &#8211; Newton and Religion<br /> (1:49:44) &#8211; Showing Newton the future<br /> (1:54:28) &#8211; Newton and Einstein</p>