The Natural Sciences. A field that started from western philosophy, fueled by human’s innate desire to know about the world that we’re living in. From the smallest thing that we ever know of – quarts and atoms, to the stars and planets in a far away galaxy. With natural science, we are not only able to discover more about the rules of this universe, but also, create our own worlds with lines of codes.

In this series, we discuss different Areas of Knowledge with our guests. In this episode, we have Clement Lin, a university student from the Nanyang Technological University Singapore, pursuing a major in aerospace engineering.

00:00 Opening

3:02 Language in natural sciences & engineering

7:43 What is considered true or accurate in natural sciences?

8:53 Uncertainty in the scientific community (false data, p-hacking, Heisenberg’s uncertainty)

17:56 Paradigm shifts in natural sciences

20:26 THE SIMULATION HYPOTHESIS “CULT”

24:36 The MATRIX question: red or blue pill?

29:34 Is creativity important in natural sciences?

32:36 Science experiments vs cooking?? (Western vs Chinese methods)