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Kate Merlinton, Princess of Wales
Manage episode 407807890 series 2682020
Will the real Merlin please stand up? Every major new development in scientific knowledge comes with a period of upheaval in what it means to do magic--or in what counts as magic, and what counts as science. This week, in providential synchronicity with a listener question, I wanted to talk about two twentieth-century depictions of Merlin in the age of industrial technology. Was he friend, foe, or fraud? Mark Twain and C.S. Lewis will help us decide. Also somebody, please, tell me what I'm supposed to think about the latest royal scandal.
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Read Sabine Hossenfelder on Oppenheim's new theory of "post-quantum" gravity:
https://nautil.us/the-end-of-the-dark-universe-531983/
https://nautil.us/what-physicists-have-been-missing-506607/?_sp=9994ab18-0835-44f3-9a87-f15989a55825.1710844533125
278 episoder
Manage episode 407807890 series 2682020
Will the real Merlin please stand up? Every major new development in scientific knowledge comes with a period of upheaval in what it means to do magic--or in what counts as magic, and what counts as science. This week, in providential synchronicity with a listener question, I wanted to talk about two twentieth-century depictions of Merlin in the age of industrial technology. Was he friend, foe, or fraud? Mark Twain and C.S. Lewis will help us decide. Also somebody, please, tell me what I'm supposed to think about the latest royal scandal.
Pre-order my new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: https://a.co/d/2QccOfM
Check out our sponsor, the Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/
Subscribe to my new joint Substack with Andrew Klavan (no relation): https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com
Sign up to be in the mailbag: https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com/
Read Sabine Hossenfelder on Oppenheim's new theory of "post-quantum" gravity:
https://nautil.us/the-end-of-the-dark-universe-531983/
https://nautil.us/what-physicists-have-been-missing-506607/?_sp=9994ab18-0835-44f3-9a87-f15989a55825.1710844533125
278 episoder
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