SCIENCE AT A CROSSROAD: TRUTH OR IDEOLOGY
In an episode of Socrates in the City, Eric Metaxas talked with Denis Noble, a brilliant physiologist and biologist, who challenges one of the most deeply rooted assumptions in modern science: that everything can ultimately be reduced to its smallest parts. From the rise of reductionism in biology and mathematics to the influential “selfish gene” theory, Noble examines how a particular scientific framework has come to shape our understanding of life itself. Drawing on his own experience debating Richard Dawkins—and even serving on the committee for Dawkins’s PhD thesis—Noble offers a fascinating insider’s perspective on one of the most significant debates in modern evolutionary biology.
